The Song of Wandering Aengus
The Song of Wandering Aengus
(By: William Butler Yeats)
This poem is written by William Butler Yeats, an Irish poet who embraced the idea of nationalism which states that one takes pride in his/her nation.
W.B.Yeats is distinguished for his resistance to the English influence on Ireland at his time ,he has been classified as a poet of resistance.
The 18th century - also known as the Victorian Age- was the time when England took control of Ireland and tried to smudge its culture and place the English culture in its place .
However, Yeats rose up against the English trials to cover up the Irish culture and history using his poems as one of the weapons to defend the Irish heritage against the monstrous English attempts to kill it
He used Irish mythical items in his poems in order to promote the Irish culture and history and to grab the attention to them instead of the English culture .He was in a quest for the Irish identity
In the Stanzas the poet describes his search for love in an artistic way that he puts he readers in a complete natural image that he drew inside his mind.
He describes the journey he went through in the woods ,and that how the fish he caught turned into a beautiful ,and glamorous girl with red hair and lively beauty ,how this girl disappeared in the woods in the end of the poem and that he vows to go after her and keep waiting for her all day and all night
As far as the figurative language is concerned ,there is a plethora of ideas and elements used by Yeats ,which indicates the richness of his thoughts and emotions
It is also noticeable that he tends to use magical and natural items in the poem .
In the very first stanza,"...,peeled the hazel wand" this is a metaphor in which the poet pictures the stick he grabbed from the woods as a magical instrument .
"Because a fire in my head" In this line, we can spot another metaphor in which Yeats describes the thoughts and conflicts in his head as fire, which indicates the
(By: William Butler Yeats)
This poem is written by William Butler Yeats, an Irish poet who embraced the idea of nationalism which states that one takes pride in his/her nation.
W.B.Yeats is distinguished for his resistance to the English influence on Ireland at his time ,he has been classified as a poet of resistance.
The 18th century - also known as the Victorian Age- was the time when England took control of Ireland and tried to smudge its culture and place the English culture in its place .
However, Yeats rose up against the English trials to cover up the Irish culture and history using his poems as one of the weapons to defend the Irish heritage against the monstrous English attempts to kill it
He used Irish mythical items in his poems in order to promote the Irish culture and history and to grab the attention to them instead of the English culture .He was in a quest for the Irish identity
In the Stanzas the poet describes his search for love in an artistic way that he puts he readers in a complete natural image that he drew inside his mind.
He describes the journey he went through in the woods ,and that how the fish he caught turned into a beautiful ,and glamorous girl with red hair and lively beauty ,how this girl disappeared in the woods in the end of the poem and that he vows to go after her and keep waiting for her all day and all night
As far as the figurative language is concerned ,there is a plethora of ideas and elements used by Yeats ,which indicates the richness of his thoughts and emotions
It is also noticeable that he tends to use magical and natural items in the poem .
In the very first stanza,"...,peeled the hazel wand" this is a metaphor in which the poet pictures the stick he grabbed from the woods as a magical instrument .
"Because a fire in my head" In this line, we can spot another metaphor in which Yeats describes the thoughts and conflicts in his head as fire, which indicates the