PPT-W.B. Yeats

Revision Quiz 1 Which Exam Poems have we studied The Stolen Child September 1913 The Cold Heaven Wild Swans of Coole An Irish Airman Foresees His Death 2 What other poem can you make reference to. LO: To explore the . central metaphor . of the poem and consider Yeats’ key concerns. Celtic Culture and Faeries. The poem was written in 1886, and published in 1889. Yeats was 21 when he wrote it, and at the beginning of his career. It celebrates the stories of Ireland that his mother loved. The images are consciously quaint. Yeats would later compile books of Irish fairy lore. By. W. B. Yeats. Yeats V Wilfred Owen. Famously, Yeats did not rate the poetry of Wilfred Owen very highly and excluded the English WW1 poet from The Oxford Book of Modern Verse, 1892-1935. In particular Yeats argued that:. The Lake Isle of . Innisfree. . Stanza 1. Yeats wants to go & live. on the island of . Innisfree. .. He would like to live there by himself & lead a simple life.. He would like to build a small cabin & wants to grow his own food. . &. “The . Hollow Men. ” by T. S. Eliot. Poetry for People Who Want to be Depressed. . .oh, and to write an essay . for English--. “. THE . SECOND . COMING”. By. . William Butler Yeats.   . Coole. ’. The Swan. L. ist . all you know about the animal . and . its surrounding mythology. The Swan. Swans . are a common . symbol. in poetry, often used to depict . idealised . nature. Yeats employs this convention in “The Wild Swans at . Aspects of the Twentieth Century Literature. 1- Two World Wars : economic depression, severity of life.. 2- Questioning the traditional values of Western civilization.. 3- Traditional literary forms were rejected.. In this section we will study 3 poems written by W.B Yeats.. William Butler Yeats.. The Wild Swans at . Coole. THE trees are in their autumn beauty,. The woodland paths are dry,. Under the October twilight the water. W.B. Yeats (1865-1939). B. ackground. WB Yeats was born in 1865 in Dublin. His family was upper class. . . Yeats . turned into the greatest Irish Poet of the Twentieth Century. . He spent some of his early life in London. That’s where he wrote . Yeats. By Ahmed and . Niall and Joshua. WB Yeats was a famous Irish . Poet.He. was born in 13 June 1865.He died in 28 January 1939.William Butler Yeats was born in . Sandymount. . Co.Dublin. . Ireland.He. The story so far…. Objectives of presentation. Why? ~ Progress ~ Lessons. . O. n . the ground . perspective. Personal context. Opportunity to make a difference . Why Burren . Lowlands . was set up. Objectives of presentation. Why? ~ Progress ~ Lessons. . O. n . the ground . perspective. Personal context. Opportunity to make a difference . Why Burren . Lowlands . was set up. Gort fell furthest in the . Vocabulary. gyre: . a spiral turn. falcon: . a bird of prey. falconer: . a person who . trains falcons . to capture prey. mere: . total, absolute. anarchy: . total chaos and war. dimmed: . made darker. Cecily Brown (2015). An Elegy for Romanticism. William Butler Yeats and “The Circus Animals’ Desertion” (1937). Dominant Effect. In “The Circus Animals’ Desertion,” William Butler Yeats establishes a tone of defeat through the duality between the spiritual and the physical, thereby critiquing the futility of the Romantic ideal. . . by W.B. Yeats . THE SECOND COMING. (1919).          . Turning and turning in the widening gyre .     . The falcon cannot hear the falconer; .     . Things fall apart; the . centre.