Maud Gonne

William Butler Yeats is considered to be one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century. As stated in an online source, “he belonged to the protestant, Anglo-Irish minority. Yeats was not a set person, in his earlier life he lived in London. Also, Yeats had a very interesting love life as a poet. It is very clear that he was an explanatory poet. Ones objective of this paper is to identify and discuss the significance of William Butler Yeats. However, the minority Yeats belonged to belonged

Butler Yeats, has a similar source of inspiration for some of his work. Yeats often wrote his poems about Maud Gonne. Yeats has proposed to Gonne several times, and got rejected each occasion. His rejections never stopped him from being inspired by her. “When you are old and grey and full of sleep,/And nodding by the fire”. (Yeats~When You Are Old) This goes to show that Yeats can picture Gonne and himself growing old together and watch each other go through the process of life, and also shows she

William Butler Yeats. William Butler Yeats was the major figure in the cultural revolution which developed from the strong nationalistic movement at the end of the 19th century. He dominated the writings of a generation. He established forms and themes which came to be considered as the norms for writers of his generation. Yeats was a confessional poet - that is to say, that he wrote his poetry directly from his own experiences. He was an idealist, with a purpose. This was to create Art for his

Curse” is a poem by William Butler Yeats that was written at a time when his first true love, Maud Gonne, had married Major John MacBride.  This may have caused Yeats much pain and Yeats may have felt as cursed as Adam felt when God had punished man from the Garden of Eden.  This poem, in fact, symbolizes his pain and loss of love that he once had and is a recollection of his memories during happier times with Maud.      In the beginning of the poem  “We sat together at one summer’s end/ That Beautiful

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

Hour Glass”, etc.), Yeats continually portrays the actions of humans as foolish many a times. Coming to him in a dream, “The Cap and Bells” likely acquired its origin from the obsessive infatuation Yeats had with Maud Gonne. Being an acclaimed actress, Yeats most likely perceived Gonne exceeding him in status; her

Lapis Lazuli is a kind of a precious blue stone. (Marc 1998) Lapis Lazuli referred to in this poem was given to Yeats on his seventieth birthday (as a present) by Mr. Harry Clifton. In this essay I am going to critically analyse this poem in relation to its context. This means that in relation to time and place. I will then conclude by commenting on the language aspects and give an account as to why he chose to use certain conventions and words. In discussing the relationship between art and politics

The Tower is a collection of twenty one poems published in 1928 by William Butler Yeats’s. Recognised as one of the poet’s most renowned publications, the collection secured the poets reputation as a major poet who addressed in rather dramatic terms a considerable amount of central experiences of the twentieth century. His work reflects a profound consciousness that he was living through a period of evident universal change.i Events in the poet’s personal life as well as the public realm play a crucial

On June 13 1865 William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin Ireland. From the start Yeats had artistic influences, due to the fact that his father Jack Butler Yeats was a noted Irish painter. He had no formal education until he was eleven, at that time he started at the Godolphin Grammar School in Hammer*censored*h England and later he enrolled in Erasmus Smith High School in Dublin. Throughout his schooling he was considered disappointing student, his studies were inconsistent, he was prone to day dreaming

unprepared for the powerful darkness that threatens to consume everything in its walk. This poem by W.B Yeats explores a cat dancing in the moonlight which indicates very childlike images. The cat in the poem (Minnaloushe) allegedly belonged to Maude Gonne, who was in fact a lifelong obsession