Question

O Waken an Old Lady by William Carlos Williams Old age is a flight of small cheeping birds skimming bare trees above a snow glaze. Gaining and failing they are buffeted by a dark wind — But what? On harsh weedstalks the flock has rested, the snow is covered with broken seed husks and the wind tempered by a shrill piping of plenty. What clues do these supporting details provide about the poem's main idea?

Answer 1

The details presented in the text above, allow the reader to realize that the main idea of the poem is the perception of old age and the end of life.

Step-by-step explanation:

The poem shows that the little birds left, the flock got tired of its activities and decided to rest, the seeds were broken and the wind continues to pass with abundance. All of this is related to the meaning of old age. This is able to alert the reader that the poem decides to approach the idea of the perception of the passage of time and the arrival of old age and the end of life as a theme. In this case, the meaning of the passage of the wind, the birds and the fatigue of the flock is the end of youth.