The mortality rate of the world is .883%, which means 1 out of every 113 people has died in the previous year. At this rate, there are 1.78 deaths per second, 107 deaths per minute, 6,390 deaths per hour, and 150,000 deaths per day. Someone important might be part of those numbers and where there is death, there is grief. Waves of emotions crash upon the grieving relatives of the departed. Some feel rage, others feel sadness, but one question goes through their minds – who will be next? No one knows. The aforementioned is similar to the theme of the poem, “The Old Man.” Through a Psychoanalytic reading of Clovis L. Nazareno’s “The Old Man,” one can observe that the unconscious mind of the persona is seen through the persona’s Id and Ego, which accept the reality of death being a part of life, but fear facing it at the same time. First of all, let us talk about Psychoanalytic Theory – it refers to the definition of personality organization and the dynamics of personality development that underlie and guide Psychoanalysis. According to Sigmund Freud, the founder of Psychoanalysis, the mind can be divided into three levels: the conscious, the subconscious, and the unconscious. The conscious mind includes everything one is aware of, like one’s emotions, feelings, and surroundings. The preconscious mind represents ordinary memory; it is our stored knowledge. It is made up of memories one has an easy time remembering. Lastly, the unconscious mind is a reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, fears, and memories that are outside of one’s conscious awareness. Unlike the preconscious, the unconscious is made up of the memories one has a hard time remembering. Much of one’s personality is determined by the preconscious mind and the unconscious mind. Not only are there three levels of the mind, but also three elements of personality known as the Id, the Ego, and the Superego. These three work together to form one’s personality. For this literary analysis, only the first two will be used. The Id is entirely unconscious and is the source of all psychic energy, therefore making it the primary component of personality. It is the only component of personality that is present from birth. The Id also includes instinctive and primitive behaviors. It is governed by the pleasure principle, which strives for immediate gratification of all desires and needs. If those wants are not met, it results to a state of anxiety or tension. On the other hand, the Ego is responsible for dealing with reality. It functions in the conscious mind, the preconscious mind, and the unconscious mind. It operates on the reality principle, which strives to satisfy the wants of the Id in realistic and socially acceptable ways. The reality principle weighs the costs and benefits of an action before deciding to act upon or abandon impulses. The Ego develops from the Id and ensures that the impulses of the Id can be expressed in a manner that is acceptable to society. In many cases, the Ego satisfies the Id’s impulses through a process of delayed gratification – the Ego will eventually allow the behavior, but only in the appropriate time and place. Psychoanalytic Theory and the life of the poem’s author, Clovis L. Nazareno, can guide o