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W.B. Yeats
- The Lake Isle of Innisfree
- setting=nature. personal
poem. metaphorical journey
of the mind and soul
(imagination can create the
ideal. Use of repetition to
create elevated, musical
expression of longing
- I will arise and go now, and go
to Innisfree,
- ceremony, serious,
old-fashioned style
makes the poem
very hard to date
thereby giving it a
certain timelessness
- ceremony, serious,
old-fashioned style
makes the poem
very hard to date
thereby giving it a
certain timelessness
- bee-loud glade
- use of sound provides a vivid
image of the natural beauty. Ear
hears only beautiful sounds
- use of sound provides a vivid
image of the natural beauty. Ear
hears only beautiful sounds
- There midnight’s all a
glimmer, and noon a
purple glow,
- Eye sees only beautiful sights. Vivid
image of the Heather plants
reflected in the calm water
- Eye sees only beautiful sights. Vivid
image of the Heather plants
reflected in the calm water
- I hear lake water lapping
with low sounds by the
shore
- onomatopoeia, alliteration.
Evocation of the sound of
lake water.
- onomatopoeia, alliteration.
Evocation of the sound of
lake water.
- And I shall have some peace
there, for peace comes
dropping slow,
- While I stand on the roadway, or on
the pavements grey, I hear it in the
deep heart’s core.
- desire to be elsewhere.
Relatable: everyone needs
a place of peace even if it
only exists in the locked
room of our minds
- desire to be elsewhere.
Relatable: everyone needs
a place of peace even if it
only exists in the locked
room of our minds
- Beautiful, tranquil
- While I stand on the roadway, or on
the pavements grey, I hear it in the
deep heart’s core.
- setting=nature. personal
poem. metaphorical journey
of the mind and soul
(imagination can create the
ideal. Use of repetition to
create elevated, musical
expression of longing
- The Wild Swans at Coole
- romantic image but autumn
mood matches Yeats' mood.
Tireless continuity of life
- The trees are in their autumn
beauty, The woodland paths
are dry,
- Beauty and sadness of
Autumn. Rhythm is
slow, mood is
meditative
- Beauty and sadness of
Autumn. Rhythm is
slow, mood is
meditative
- Upon the brimming water
among the stones Are
nine-and-fifty swans.
- Prompt an emotional
response within the
reader as one is left
without a mate.
Possible reference to
Yeats' own struggles
withlove
- Prompt an emotional
response within the
reader as one is left
without a mate.
Possible reference to
Yeats' own struggles
withlove
- The nineteenth autumn has come
upon me Since I first made my
count
- unhappy affair with Maud Gonne. The passing of
time has brought increasing sorrow. Aware of his
mortality?
- unhappy affair with Maud Gonne. The passing of
time has brought increasing sorrow. Aware of his
mortality?
- And now my heart is sore. All's
changed since I, hearing at twilight,
The first time on this shore,
- Remembering the good times when
the "bell-beat of their wings" caused
him to trod with a lighter tread and
his heart to lift
- Remembering the good times when
the "bell-beat of their wings" caused
him to trod with a lighter tread and
his heart to lift
- Delight men's eyes when I awake
some day To find they have flown
away?
- Yeats is left with a
heavier heart as he
imagines the men the
swans will continue to
delight and the love
they will continue to
share
- Yeats is left with a
heavier heart as he
imagines the men the
swans will continue to
delight and the love
they will continue to
share
- romantic image but autumn
mood matches Yeats' mood.
Tireless continuity of life
- September
1913
- personal opinion to public audience. Simple
and straightforward. He is disappointed with
the present and compares it with the past
- And add the halfpence to the
pence And prayer to
shivering prayer
- profound
disillusionment,
scathing/ironic. The
people of the present
day are without
dignity or beauty.
Money=Power
- profound
disillusionment,
scathing/ironic. The
people of the present
day are without
dignity or beauty.
Money=Power
- For men were born to
pray and save
- Ironic: he does not believe
men should simply save
money and pray for their
souls
- Ironic: he does not believe
men should simply save
money and pray for their
souls
- Romantic Ireland’s dead and
gone, It’s with O’Leary in the
grave.
- Repetition: lack of energy
and fiery optimism that
Ireland was known for.
Bitter, dismissive tone.
Anger
- Repetition: lack of energy
and fiery optimism that
Ireland was known for.
Bitter, dismissive tone.
Anger
- Yet they were of a different kind,
The names that stilled your
childish play
- Those heroes were selfless
and reckless and Yeats
regrets their passing
- Those heroes were selfless
and reckless and Yeats
regrets their passing
- For this Edward Fitzgerald died,
And Robert Emmet and Wolfe
Tone, All that delirium of the
brave?
- The naming of names gives the poem an
energy and authenticity. "For this"
indicates Yeats' disappointment and
disillusionment
- The naming of names gives the poem an
energy and authenticity. "For this"
indicates Yeats' disappointment and
disillusionment
- They weighed so lightly what they
gave. But let them be, they’re dead
and gone, They’re with O’Leary in the
grave.
- Ireland's Romantic
Visionaries were
selfless and giving, they
did not view their lives
in a calculating manner.
Yeats' bitter, angry tone
has given way to
acceptance
- Ireland's Romantic
Visionaries were
selfless and giving, they
did not view their lives
in a calculating manner.
Yeats' bitter, angry tone
has given way to
acceptance
- personal opinion to public audience. Simple
and straightforward. He is disappointed with
the present and compares it with the past
- Easter 1916
- Takes back his
denunciation of the Irish
middle-class,he admits that
he misjudged them.
- I have met them at close of
day Coming with vivid faces
- the backdrop of the everyday society
is grey but the faces of the rebels are
animated, "vivid" showing passion
and enthusiasm for a cause.
- the backdrop of the everyday society
is grey but the faces of the rebels are
animated, "vivid" showing passion
and enthusiasm for a cause.
- polite meaningless words
- Repeated to capture the
distance between him and
them and to portray himself
and his companions "at the
club" in an honest, bad light
- Repeated to capture the
distance between him and
them and to portray himself
and his companions "at the
club" in an honest, bad light
- All changed, changed
utterly: A terrible
beauty is born.
- powerful,
paradoxical
image captures
Yeats'
conflicting
emotions
- powerful,
paradoxical
image captures
Yeats'
conflicting
emotions
- REBELS who were given
anonymous "Vivid" faces
in stanza one are now
given qualities and
attributes
- "Ignorant good-will" =
well-intentioned but uninformed
nature of Countess Markiewicz
- John MacBride
- A drunken, vain-glorious
lout. He had done most
bitter wrong To some who
are near my heart,
- Married to Yeats' unrequited love,
Maud Gonne, but had hurt her deeply
resulting in divorce
- Married to Yeats' unrequited love,
Maud Gonne, but had hurt her deeply
resulting in divorce
- A drunken, vain-glorious
lout. He had done most
bitter wrong To some who
are near my heart,
- "Ignorant good-will" =
well-intentioned but uninformed
nature of Countess Markiewicz
- He, too, has been
changed in his turn,
Transformed utterly
- The complex "terrible
beauty" transformed the
rebels
- The complex "terrible
beauty" transformed the
rebels
- Hearts...Enchanted to a stone
To trouble the living stream.
- Stone hearts=resistance,
persistence. Symbolize
individuals choked by hatred.
Stream=those who dies are
permanent presences in the
constant flow of time
- Stone hearts=resistance,
persistence. Symbolize
individuals choked by hatred.
Stream=those who dies are
permanent presences in the
constant flow of time
- And what if excess of
love Bewildered them
till they died?
- Asks the question on
everyone's mind, Were
they so single-minded that
they couldn't see passed
their love for their
country?
- Asks the question on
everyone's mind, Were
they so single-minded that
they couldn't see passed
their love for their
country?
- Wherever green is worn, Are
changed, changed utterly: A
terrible beauty is born.
- Once again taking back his
accusations of "September 1913"
and praising the actions of the
tragic heroes
- Once again taking back his
accusations of "September 1913"
and praising the actions of the
tragic heroes
- Takes back his
denunciation of the Irish
middle-class,he admits that
he misjudged them.
- An Irish Airman Foresees his Death
- Writing as Major Robert Gregory who
died in action in 1918 allows Yeats to
speak with foresight. There is a
determined, certain tone and a feeling
of the inevitable
- I know that I shall
meet my fate
- The poem begins
with a sense of
urgency. He seems
to be confronting
his destiny which
he feels was
doomed from the
onset (TITLE)
- The poem begins
with a sense of
urgency. He seems
to be confronting
his destiny which
he feels was
doomed from the
onset (TITLE)
- Those that I
fight I do not
hate, Those that
I guard I do not
love
- He does not hate the Germans, he does not
love the British. The mention of "Kiltartan
Cross" creates an image of an unassuming,
sympathetic man.
- He does not hate the Germans, he does not
love the British. The mention of "Kiltartan
Cross" creates an image of an unassuming,
sympathetic man.
- No likely end could bring them
loss Or leave them happier
than before.
- The people whom he cares about will be
unaffected by the outcome. "My
country", "My countrymen" = emphasis
on himself shows his true commitment
- The people whom he cares about will be
unaffected by the outcome. "My
country", "My countrymen" = emphasis
on himself shows his true commitment
- A lonely impulse
of delight Drove
to this tumult in
the clouds
- presents us with the haunting Romantic
explanation, not "law", "duty", "public men", but a
"lonely impulse". Was this done on a whim out of
love for his cause (like the rebels in Easter 1916)
- presents us with the haunting Romantic
explanation, not "law", "duty", "public men", but a
"lonely impulse". Was this done on a whim out of
love for his cause (like the rebels in Easter 1916)
- In balance with
this life, this death.
- calculated, clear, understanding
tone. The choice was an impulse but
it was a balanced decision. Showing
Gregory's final moment and the
futility of life
- calculated, clear, understanding
tone. The choice was an impulse but
it was a balanced decision. Showing
Gregory's final moment and the
futility of life
- Writing as Major Robert Gregory who
died in action in 1918 allows Yeats to
speak with foresight. There is a
determined, certain tone and a feeling
of the inevitable
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