A personal response to the poetry of W.B Yeats In my opinion W.B Yeats is one of Ireland’s greatest poets. His work is saturated with descriptive imagery‚ deep personal feelings and political opinions. This patriotic poet also gives us an insight into life during the 1900’s as well as his own personal life. The poetry of W.B Yeats contains powerful metaphors and imagery that have a very memorable quality to them. There are also dynamic contrasts in every poem which makes him stand out amongst
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Literature – A Historical Survey. Essay Title: “Yeats’ Contribution to the Literary Revival in Ireland‚ Despite a Conflict of Interest with the Gaelic League.” William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin‚ Ireland in 1865‚ he was the son of John Butler Yeats who was a law student at the time and to become a distinguished painter shortly after the birth of his children. JB Yeats played a major role in the shaping of his son’s values and views concerning his Irish
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of W. B. Yeats’ upon the tone‚ and the foreshadowing of plot line of Ian McEwan’s novel Atonement. The poem and the novel are both elegiac- it is the contribution of the poem to Atonement at the crucial point before the deaths of the characters Robbie and Cecilia that begins to set the tone of elegy within the novel. This acknowledgement of death and mourning brings a sense of impending doom; the love expressed from Cecilia to Robbie by the inclusion of lines from ‘In Memory of W. B. Yeats’ is matched
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Swans at Coole by W.B Yeats is one of musicality as it is a direct expression of personal feelings‚ identified as the author’s. The lyrical poem includes three main subjects: setting‚ serving as a correlative to these feelings‚ Swans as the trigger‚ and the poet himself. Written in loosened iambic pentameter and consisting of five six-line stanzas rhymed ‘abcbdd’‚ the poem’s reflective and melancholic mood reflect the time of the poems first appearance. During the year of 1916‚ Yeats’ spirits were low
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The Style and Content of William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats was a man who is known for his extraordinary writings of the nineteenth century‚ and is considered to be one of the greatest poets of the English language. Yeats was a poet with extensive knowledge and was thought to have been born ahead of his time. Throughout his poetry and literary works he uses a combination of technique and style to express his meaningful ideas. Yeats became a pioneering poet who had a revolutionary type of
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a poet may have an idea of what poem he or she wants to write‚ but the poem may also be based on the author’s identity and concerns. One such poet‚ William Butler Yeats‚ demonstrates this well. William Butler Yeats’ Irish identity shapes his poetry by focusing on subjects that pertain to Ireland and its people. William Yeats’ love and concern for Ireland began at a young age. Although he was born in
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always through." - Robert Frost "how can we know the dancer from the dance" - William Butler Yeats "Wanting to be someeone else is a waste of who you are." Kurt Cobain "Long distance running is 90% mental and the other half is physical.” Rich DavisQuotes: "Pain only hurts." - Scott Jurek "The best way out is always through." - Robert Frost "how can we know the dancer from the dance" - William Butler Yeats "Wanting to be someeone else is a waste of who you are." Kurt Cobain "Long distance running
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William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin in 1865. He was born into a highly artistic family with his father being a talented painter and his sisters involved in the arts and craft movement. Yeats grew up under the nationalist revival of the late 19th century which disadvantaged his heritage and influenced his attitude and outlook for the rest of his life. In 1876 the Yeats family moved to England to benefit William’s fathers painting career. William was home schooled for while‚ then transferred to
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the juxtaposition by the “sore heart” of an “aging poet”‚ with the “brilliant creatures” whose “hearts have not grown old”. In addition to this physical pain‚ it is the sense of loss that signifies humanity’s desire for something that is lasting. Yeats clearly admires the nature; especially the “autumn beauty”‚ as he “counts” his “nineteenth” one. The water imagery throughout described as detailed observations of “brimming” and his careful observations of the swans displays his meditation and appreciation
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conviction‚ while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. In the above mentioned stanza Yeats has stated that the falcon is turning in widening gyre and is so far away from the falconer now that it cannot be heard. Yeats has used the word “Gyre” in order to stress upon the fact that history represents chaos and confusion. In real life‚ the falcon returns to his master after flying‚ but in this poetry Yeats says that the falcon has gone far away and has not returned. He could have used these lines
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