Poetry Commentary: The Wild Swans at Coole by Yeats The Wild Swans at Coole by William Butler Yeats is‚ as the title suggests‚ a poem about a flock of Swans inhabiting the lake at Augusta Gregory ’s Coole Park residence. However‚ the theme of the poem is change and unrequited love‚ presumably inspired by the transformation Europe‚ and Yeats himself‚ underwent in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The poem is written in a consistently contemplative and plaintive tone‚ and it seems the poet is experiencing
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William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)‚ one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature‚ was both born and educated in Dublin Ireland; he was awarded the Noble Prize for literature in 1933. One of his most famous poems‚ “The Lake Isle of Innisfree‚” was written early in his career as a poet. In the poem‚ Yeats takes the reader to a small island away from the chaos of everyday life‚ an island where the poet imagines he will go to live independently. The reader is transported‚ with the poet‚ to a
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penetration‚ since after the blow many sexual actions take place. The line‚ “Her thighs caressed/By the dark webs” is both soft and evil. “Caress” is a peaceful movement that usually describes a loving motion. However‚ right after this gentle word is used‚ Yeats changes the mood by adding Zeus’s “dark webs.” In the first stanza‚ the words “staggering” and “helpless” emphasize how Leda is defenseless against Zeus and can do nothing to stop him. “How could those terrified vague fingers push the feathered glory”
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Discuss ways in which Yeats presents the faery world in ‘The Stolen Child’. In the poem ‘The Stolen Child’ Yeats presents the faery world as an idyllic place surrounded by ‘rocky highland’ where you can escape the outside world that is ‘full of weeping’. However‚ as the poem progresses we discover that there may be something more sinister lurking in the shadows of this ‘leafy island’ that leaves the child ‘solemn eyed’. We also learn that maybe the real world isn’t that bad after all. This poem
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William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin‚ Ireland. His father was a lawyer and happened to be a well know artist of the time. Yeats was educated in both England‚ specifically London‚ and in Dublin‚ Ireland. Although the majority of his summers were spent in the west of Ireland in the family’s summerhouse. Yeats was involved in societies that attempted to write and compose Irish literature. His first piece of literature appeared in 1887‚ but in his earlier period his dramatic production outweighed
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Amanda Jessen Professor: Jason Meier English 1118-54 Online 19 October 2014 Explication of “When You Are Old” by William Butler Yeats When you are old and grey and full of sleep‚ And nodding by the fire‚ take down this book‚ And slowly read‚ and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once‚ and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace‚ 5 And loved your beauty with love false or true‚ But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you‚ And
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William Butler Yeats “When You Are Old” is a tribute to deeper love‚ an obvious interpretation of a poem that contains the word “love” five times in twelve lines. However‚ it is specifically the speaker’s personal analysis of what he imagines “love” to entail. It represents an elderly woman reminiscing of her younger days. A past lover whispers to her as she looks through a photo album. This is a very somber‚ regretful and resigned poem. It has a quiet‚ dreamlike feeling to it. And uses uncomplicated
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“Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone‚ It’s with O’Leary in the grave.” Discuss ways in which Yeats presents the Romantic in ‘September 1913’. Yeats presents the Romantic in ‘September 1913’ in such a way that it is no longer there‚ but also that there is a chance for the Romantic to be saved and brought back to Ireland. “Yeats saw literature and politics as intertwined‚” Yeats used ‘September 1913’ as a political‚ as well as cultural‚ message to get across his views on the state of Ireland
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In W. B. Yeats’ poem ’Father and Daughter’ the speaker is apparently the father of a young daughter who is in relations with a boy or man without her father’s blessing. The father is the kind of man who is generous with his love‚ especially with his daughter. He is also the kind of father who wants the best for his little girl‚ not being afraid of firm disciplinary actions to help his daughter grow in the right direction. The problem the father has with his daughter is her relations with someone
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Through his work‚ The Second Coming‚ Yeats depicts the destruction of society resulting from Christianity’s
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