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May 5, 2017 · By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) was a prolific Irish poet, but what were his best poems? It’s going to prove difficult to restrict our choices to just ten of Yeats’s greatest poems, as there are bound to be notable absences from our list.
William Butler Yeats is widely considered to be one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. He belonged to the Protestant, Anglo-Irish minority that had controlled the economic, political, social, and cultural life of Ireland since at least the end of the 17th century.
The Second Coming. By William Butler Yeats. Turning and turning in the widening gyre. The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere. The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
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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,
30+ William Butler Yeats Poems. William Butler Yeats, a monumental figure in 20th-century literature, was appointed to the Irish Senate in 1922 and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923 for his dramatic works. His groundbreaking contributions to poetry, including iconic volumes like ‘The Wild Swans,’ ‘The Tower,’ and ‘Last ...
The Second Coming. W. B. Yeats. 1865 –. 1939. Turning and turning in the widening gyre. The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere.
Of hammered gold and gold enamelling. To keep a drowsy Emperor awake; Or set upon a golden bough to sing. To lords and ladies of Byzantium. Of what is past, or passing, or to come. This poem is in the public domain. Sailing to Byzantium - That is no country for old men. The young.
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