本文首先介绍诗人威廉·巴特勒·叶芝以及他的这首诗《当你老了》的创作背景,在介绍了意境概念的基础上分析了这首诗的意境营造,通过时空的交错、意象的组合和象征的运用来营造了深远的意境,同时也表达了作者炽热的情感。 This article first introduces the creative background of the poet William Butler Yeats and his poem “When You’re Old”, analyzes the meaning of the poem based on the concept of mood, through the interlacing of time and space, the image The combination and the use of symbols to create a far-reaching artistic conception, but also expressed the author’s hot emotions.