Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this poem.
In "To a Poor Old Woman," how does the woman herself serve as a symbol?
O She represents the indifference of society towards its most vulnerable members, which creates the poem's dour mood.
She represents the basic decency and generosity that people exhibit towards one another every day, which conveys the
poem's joyous mood
O She represents the beauty of nature in comparison to the ugliness of technology, which stresses the poem's sullen mood.
She represents the true happiness that can be experienced by partaking in life's simple pleasures, which helps give the poem
its optimistic mood.
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English, 21.06.2019 14:30, samarahjimerson
Read the excerpt. … in lower burma, i was hated by large numbers of people. … i was subdivisional police officer of the town, and … anti-european feeling was very bitter. … as a police officer i was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so. … i had already made up my mind that imperialism was an evil thing. … i was all for the burmese and all against their oppressors, the british. what is the situational irony in the excerpt from “shooting an elephant” by george orwell? the narrator is a british police officer and part of the system he dislikes. the narrator is himself a well-liked member of the burmese government. the narrator has recently become a burmese citizen. the narrator has decided to leave the british empire.
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