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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20100110003 陈桂芳 英国诗歌 Jan. 30‚ 2011 The Symbol of Soul —The bird image in Yeats’ poetry The poetry of William Butler Yeats is permeated by symbolism and mysticism which are attributed to his manipulation of various images. The image of birds crowns among the imageries of his poetry and is endowed with the poets’ profound philosophies. The bird as
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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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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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A lot of Yeats’ poems about love are linked back to the love of his life‚ Maud. She is represented in many forms in Yeats’ poetry and Broken Dreams is no exception. By using Maud‚ Broken Dreams involves themes such as loss‚ love and time. ‘THERE is grey in your hair. Young men no longer...’ In these first two lines Yeats has set the basis of what the poem will be about‚ comparing Maud to what she was like when she was young and what she is like during the writing of the poem. Yeats switches between
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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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Constantinople in 1204‚ the Latins’ control of Byzantium faced constant pressure from Greeks both inside and outside the city. Despite this adversity‚ they remained in control of Constantinople up until 1261. The struggle to both capture the city and then maintain it is described in Geoffrey of Villehardouin’s Conquest of Constantionple up through the death of Marquis Boniface in 1207. Villehardouin attributes the Latins’ success in conquering Byzantium to the grace and will of God. Furthermore‚ he
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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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blent… Into the yolk and white of the one shell.’ Discuss ways in which Yeats presents the tensions between youth and old age in ‘Among School Children.’ In your answer‚ explore the effects of language‚ imagery and verse form‚ and consider how this poem relates to other poems by Yeats that you have studied. A shudder in the loins engenders there/ The broken wall‚ the burning tower and roof/ And Agamemnon dead Discuss how Yeats presents myth in its relation to extreme human emotions in ‘Leda and
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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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