John Butler Yeats

“The Second Coming” William Butler Yeats’ prediction of an apocalyptic society at our time is highly possible. There are countries collapsing, and several major wars, like the war against terror. Other flaws society has right now are corrupt governments. These are just a few risks. The author, William Butler Yeats, portrays the title, “The Second Coming,” as an apocalyptic event that will end society. Readers would expect the Second Coming as a time of peace where Jesus comes and gets rid of

Response #3 William Butler Yeats’s poem, “When You Are Old,” possesses a theme of bitter love. The poem is written as a lyric poem, due to its musical quality. The speaker addresses his romantic feelings to a potential lover and proclaims how, in time, she will come to regret never giving him a chance. Yeats conveys the speaker’s bitterness over his lost love through his use of imagery, symbols, and repetition. The poem consists of three quatrains and is written in iambic pentameter. The rhyme scheme

On the 17th of April 2014, at the Hobart City hall, Tasmanian audiences witnessed the musical talents of the John Butler Trio. This Australian band was originally formed in 1998, and since then has gained great international success. Since the release of their latest album this year, titled Flesh and blood, the John Butler Trio have undertaken a national tour around Australia, to showcase their new work. Upon arriving at the venue at 7pm. I quickly found a seat with a good view of the

1 The Grail Quest in the Play At the Hawk's Well by William Butler Yeats A search for that which gives meaning to life has always occupied human minds. The ancient scholars, philosophers, writers and intellectuals devoted many years of their lives to find the answer. They created various theories – religious and philosophical – to explain the system of the universe and find the source of all things. On example of William Butler Yeats' play At the Hawk's Well and Chretien's romance Le Conte du Graal

the writer discuss their ideas in an artful way. The song “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” by John Mayer and the poem “Never give all the Heart” by William Butler Yeats are both sad pieces describing heartache and loss. Development of the theme, repetition, and rhyme make the song “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” by John Mayer more artistic than the poem “Never give all the Heart” by William Butler Yeats. “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” and “Never give all the Heart” both have themes of heartbreak

native home. Centuries of oppression churned in the hearts of the Irish and came to a boil in the writings and literature of the sons and daughters of Ireland. The Literary Renaissance of Ireland produced some of the greatest writers the world has seen. John O’Leary said it best, “literature must be national and nationalism must

William Butler Yeats, born in Dublin, Ireland [June 13, 1865], is considered by many to be one of the greatest English-language poets of the 20th century. The following exposition, grounded on the hypothesis that Yeats’ poetry was resolutely influenced by the political occurrences of that time period, will give biographical information, a recounting of the political upheaval during that period, specific poetry excerpts/critical analysis and validation of hypothesis. William Butler Yeats is one

In the context of John Keats’ “Ode to a Nightingale,” “The Wild Swans at Coole” by William Butler Yeats raises compelling dialogue with Keats’ piece, which suggests that Yeats, to some degree, draws inspiration from John Keats, in that his pose concerning the nightingale becomes a basis and “touchstone” for “The Wild Swans at Coole.” Aside from commonalities concerning avians, both poems share elements of Romanticism, melancholy, feelings of weariness, and other key ideas, images, and plots as “Ode

Consider most to magnify, or to bless, But take our greatness with bitterness? (Yeats 110). As David A. Ross writes in his book, Critical Companion to William Butler Yeats: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work, ancestral houses were “perpetual symbols of tradition, ceremony, and aristocratic strength of character” (Ross 45) for Yeats. The anxieties about his ancestral line and preservation of high culture that plagued Yeats in his later years are best illustrated in the poem, “A Prayer for My Daughter

imagine. When he claims that “You were just babies in the war—like the ones upstairs! [...] But you're not going to write it that way, are you [...] You'll pretend you were men instead of babies, and you'll be played in the movies by Frank Sinatra and John Wayne or some of those other glamorous, war-loving, dirty old men. And war will look just wonderful, so we'll have a lot more of them. And they'll be fought by babies like the babies upstairs.”(18) This show that Kurt's not really trying to glorify