“The Old Woman” As a white candle In a holy place, So is the beauty Of an aged face. As the spent radiance Of the winter sun, So is a woman With her travail done. Her brood gone from her, And her thoughts as still As the waters Under a ruined mill. From the ages, we observe that everyone praises the beauty of young women in every possible way but only few are there who praises the beauty of old woman. Though it is a very short, significant lyrical poem is written by an American author , mythologist and lecturer Joseph Campbell. The poet in a very realistic way compared the old woman with naturalistic elements in order to bring out beauty in her agedness. “The poem shows blessings and beauties of an old age lady by using figure of speech, metaphorically she was compared with white candle and with the spent radience of winter sun”. In the very first stanza of poem, the poet compares the beauty of old lady with a white candle in holy place. How meaningf...