The Poetry of W B Yeats

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William Butler Yeats was born in Sandymount in County Dublin, Ireland on 13th June 1865. His early years moved between Ireland and England. By his mid-teens he was writing but those works were described as ‘entirely Un-Irish’. With Ernest Rhys he founded the Rhymers Club. Based at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese in Fleet Street it’s best described as a drinking club for performing poets. Yeats later cited them as ‘The Tragic Generation’. By now Yeats was writing and publishing poetry and stories that were profoundly based in Irish folklore. Yeats is perhaps best described as Ireland’s national poet in addition to being one of the major twentieth-century literary figures of the English tongue. He represents the ‘Romantic poet of modernism,’ with an extraordinary style created from the outward emphasis on the expression of emotions and the extensive use of symbolism, imagery and allusions. In 1923 his fame was brought to an even wider audience when he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. His personal life was driven by his many relationships in love and by his great interest in oriental mysticism and occultism. Yeats also wrote prose and drama and, as an ardent Nationalist, established himself as a spokesman of the Irish cause and served as an Irish senator for two terms. W B Yeats died at the Hôtel Idéal Séjour, in Menton, France, on 28th January 1939. He was 73. In modern times his contribution to literary modernism and to Irish nationalism remains incontestable. His sumptuous poetry elegantly envelopes the reader in a world very few can articulate but all know well. A legacy for everyone 1 - The Poetry of W B Yeats - An Introduction 2 - A Man Young and Old - I - First Love by W B Yeats 3 - A Man Young and Old - II - Human Dignity by W B Yeats 4 - A Man Young and Old - III - The Mermaid by W B Yeats 5 - A Man Young and Old - IV - The Death of the Hare by W B Yeats 6 - A Man Young and Old - V - The Empty Cup by W B Yeats 7 - A Man Young and Old - VI - His Memories 8 - A Man Young and Old - VII - The Friends of His Youth 9 - A Man Young and Old - VIII - Summer and Spring 10 - A Man Young and Old - IX - The Secrets of the Old 11 - A Man Young and Old - X - His Wildness 12 - A Man Young and Old - XI - From 'Oedipus at Colonus' 13 - A Cradle Song by W B Yeats 14 - A Prayer for My Daughter by W B Yeats 15 - The Mother of God by W B Yeats 16 - Among School Children by W B Yeats 17 - The Stolen Child by W B Yeats 18 - Long-Legged Fly by W B Yeats 19 - The Poet Pleads with the Elemental Powers by W B Yeats 20 - The Lake Isle of Innisfree by W B Yeats 21 - The Wild Swans at Coole by W B Yeats 22 - Leda and the Swan by W B Yeats 23 - The Cat and the Moon by W B Yeats 24 - Those Dancing Days Are Gone by W B Yeats 25 - Imitated From The Japanese by W B Yeats 26 - All Things Can Tempt Me by W B Yeats 27 - A Statesman's Holiday by W B Yeats 28 - The Fascination of What's Difficult by W B Yeats 29 - A Drinking Song by W B Yeats 30 - He Wishes For the Cloths of Heaven by W B Yeats 31 - He Bids His Beloved Be at Peace by W B Yeats 32 - The Song of Wandering Aengus by W B Yeats 33 - The Travail of Passion by W B Yeats 34 - The Falling of Leaves by W B Yeats 35 - He Thinks of Those Who Have Spoken Evil of His Beloved by W B Yeats 36 - Down by the Salley Gardens by W B Yeats 37 - Quarrel in Old Age by W B Yeats 38 - The Secret Rose by W B Yeats 39 - Under Saturn by W B Yeats 40 - To Ireland In The Coming Times by W B Yeats 41 - I Am of Ireland by W B Yeats 42 - The Second Coming by William Bu Author - W B Yeats. Narrator - Jordan Gallagher. Published Date - Tuesday, 31 January 2023.

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