LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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Who is the writer of the poem ‘Time, You Old Gipsy Man’?
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Ralph Hodgson
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Laurence Binya
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W. B. Yeats
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Robert Frost
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Authorship: by Ralph Hodgson (1871-1962), “Time, you old gypsy man", first published 1917? [author’s text not yet checked against a primary source]
Detailed explanation-2: -Time, You Old Gipsy Man. Ralph Hodgson.
Detailed explanation-3: -In this poem, the poet talks about time. He imagines Time as an old gipsy man who does not stay for anyone. This refers to the fact that time is always passing and that it waits for none.
Detailed explanation-4: -The poet calls time the ‘old gipsy man’ because the gipsy man keeps on travelling in caravans. Time also keeps on passing and does not stop anywhere.
Detailed explanation-5: -Answer: The poetic device used in the poem “Time you old gipsy man” is Metaphor.
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