20th century. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923. Yeats’s father‚ John Butler Yeats‚ was a barrister who eventually became a portrait painter. His mother‚ formerly Susan Pollexfen‚ was the daughter of a prosperous merchant in Sligo‚ in western Ireland. Through both parents Yeats claimed kinship with various Anglo-Irish Protestant families who are mentioned in his work. Normally‚ Yeats would have been expected to identify with his Protestant tradition—which represented a powerful
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his works (“A Coat”‚ “The Fool by the Roadside”‚ “Two Songs of a Fool”‚ etc.)‚ Yeats is continually portraying the actions of humans towards love as foolish. Furthermore‚ "Cap and Bells came to Yeats in a dream most likely steaming from his obsessive infatuation he had for Maud Gonne. Being an acclaimed actress‚ Yeats most likely perceived Gonne as exceeding him in status; her queen and him the jester. Like many of Yeats poems‚ “The Cap and Bells” develops a lyrical tone full of emotion and images
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extinction of personality in the form of void as a superior creative excellence is definitely more than mere excellence in the art of poetry. It is the ascent of excellence‚ indeed‚ the ascent of poetry and the poet. Unlike any other mystic poet‚ W. B. Yeats enters into the world of mystic void when he is at his best in sonnets. As a matter of fact‚ the mystic aroma in his poetic creations finds its most serene and poignant efflorescence when he creates the mesmeric mystic void in his mature sonnets.
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the title of Yeats’ poem‚ “The Second Coming”‚ one might expect to read about the glorious return of Christ to save his followers. However‚ Yeats’ exposes a miserable world where anarchy and chaos reign over the innocence of man. Through the use of images and allusions that portray a dark and foreboding atmosphere‚ Yeats warns us of what may lie ahead for humankind if we continue on our current path. The first stanza in “The Second Coming” describes the chaotic scene that Yeats sees occurring
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Coming’ is a particularly interesting focal point by which we empathise with Yeats’ despair at the breakdown of humanity and it affect on society (in particular Ireland). Conversely one may suggest that the concept of a ‘Second Coming‘ implies that Yeats feels hope for the future‚ as the title clearly alludes to the return of Christ thus suggesting the salvation of humanity. ‘September 1913’ is another poem in which Yeats expresses his despair at the changing society at the hands of the merciless
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The Lamentation over the Dead Christ Rembrandt (1610-1612) 31.9 x 26.7 cm The subject matter is the Christ on the cross. The painting looks very depressing because of the dead people and Christ and the thieves on the crosses. “The theme of the Lamentation is traditional‚ although it is not described in the Bible. It shows Mary‚ the mother of Jesus‚ Mary Magdalene and others‚ weeping over his body after the Crucifixion. Rembrandt’s picture is carefully constructed to connect with other episodes
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Giotto’s Lamentation and Caravaggio’s The Entombment both share the same blibical subject‚ Jesus’ death and those whom are deeply devastated by his death. In these two works‚ a huge sense of sadness and disbelief is shown through fine/ detailed facial expressions and body movements. In Lamentation‚ the woman who is propping up Jesus’ body is believed to be Mary; the manner in which she’s holding up her son‚ leaning forwards as if she was trying to wake him in disbelief of his death. Mary’s facial
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I. Executive Summary In May of 2000‚ Yeats Valves chairman and CEO‚ Bill Yeats‚ met with his consultant and fellow board member‚ Kate Porter‚ to discuss the final negotiations regarding the acquisition of Yeats Valves by TSE International Corporation. Although the social terms of the merger had been discussed‚ no specific details had been settled. Organized in 1980 for engineering and developmental work on specialty valves and heat exchangers‚ Yeats Valves and Controls Inc (YVC) had a reputation
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purpose‚ the use of question W.B Yeats has explicitly referred to his works of poetry as a process whereby he expresses his own search for identification‚ a way of externalising what is an inner struggle; “We make out of the quarrel with others‚ rhetoric‚ but of the quarrel with ourselves‚ poetry.” Throughout his life and work‚ Yeats engaged in a “quarrel” with himself that has emerged as a distinctive quality in all of his poetry‚ notably “When You Are Old”‚ “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death”
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Q. 1. Discuss W.B. Yeats as a modern poet. Answer:- William Butler Yeats‚ one of the modern poets‚ influences his contemporaries as well as successors‚ such as T.S. Eliot‚ Ezra Pound and W.B. Auden. Though three common themes in Yeats’ poetry are love‚ Irish Nationalism and mysticism‚ but modernism is the overriding theme in his writings. Yeats started his long literary career as a romantic poet and gradually evolved into a modernist poet. As a typical modern poet he regrets for post-war modern
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