Yeats' Beau Fled With Rhyme And Reason

When You Are Old Poetry Contest Sara Kendrick Yeats' poem describes his courtship that sank With his misconnection he is bitter And he takes digs at his beau's true glitter Alluding that his fire drew her blank He paints a now-and-then picture of her Saying he'd be the one holding her hand Should old age leave her without charm and bland Yet she wasn't guilt-tripped at his demur She then cashes in with another man Which likely prompted this poem's planting And Yeats' mocking her with his self-ranting Saying his being was dwarfed by her span