Read the passage.


To 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

seedhusks

and the wind tempered

by a shrill

piping of plenty.


What do the small cheeping birds symbolize in this poem?


strong winds

snowy weather

wisdom

youth

Verified Answer :

I think the birds symbolize wisdom but I'm not sure

Answer:

The small cheeping birds symblize Youth in this poem

Explanation:

In this poem, we first observe that the main topic is old age, not the trees, the snow, or the birds. They are the figurative language used o represent body, time, and memories. Therefore, because the trees represent the person that is standing strong in a base of memories, we can interpret that the cheeping birds is the representation of youth because it is said that old people live hunted by youth and their duel of accepting their time has passed and won't come back, that is why dark winds impulse the birds.