3. The Sorrow of Love - William Butler Yeats

Why does the thin grey strand 
Floating up from the forgotten 
Cigarette between my fingers, 
Why does it trouble me? 

Ah, you will understand;
When I carried my mother downstairs,
A few times only, at the beginning 
Of her soft-foot malady, 

I should find, for a reprimand
To my gaiety, a few long grey hairs
On the breast of my coat; and one by one
I let them float up the dark chimney.

Source - 
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/david_herbert_lawrence/poems/14639.html

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I believe this poem is about a man whom is reflecting on the death of his mother. The first stanza is him questioning the 'thin grey strand' and why it is bothering him. Proceeding this, it is told that he carried his mother at the start of her illness. Finally, the last stanza is him probably burning his coat or doing something to his coat, because it has his mothers hair on it.

This poem is a narrative poem, considering that it tells one story about his feelings towards his mothers death. 

I chose this poem because I felt that this poem tells a pretty big story in just three stanzas. Given the subject matter, I think William Butler Yeats put a lot of emotion in a fairly short poem, and also put a bit of imagery to add to the sadness of this poem.