Poem Warning Jenny Joseph. "Warning Jenny Joseph Poem Youth Aging Rebellion Print Wall Art Minimalist What makes 'Warning' so continually popular? Before we offer some words of analysis, it's worth reading the poem: you can find it here.… Summary 'Warning' by Jenny Joseph describes what the future has in store as one ages and throws off societal restraints and expectations
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I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells And run my stick along the public railings And make up for the sobriety of my youth. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves And satin sandles, and say we've no money for butter
The poem begins with the speaker describing a number of different things she is going to be able to do when she is an "old woman." All of these things are impossible now because of one's ingrained sense of what is socially acceptable. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves The poem begins with the speaker describing a number of different things she is going to be able to do when she is an "old woman." All of these things are impossible now because of one's ingrained sense of what is socially acceptable.
Warning by Jenny Joseph Poem. WARNING (I SHALL WEAR PURPLE) Jenny Joseph When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple with a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells And run my stick along the public railings And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
. By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) 'Warning' is Jenny Joseph's best-known poem It's become one of the best-loved poems among British readers of poetry, but its appeal extends beyond the United Kingdom