W. B. Yeats played many roles in Ireland at the turn of the twentieth century: playwright, essayist, critic, mystic, theater manager, revolutionary, and politician. But he was first and foremost a poetâperhaps the most famous poet Ireland has yet produced.
This collection contains Yeatsâ verse from his first published poem, âSong of the Fairies,â which appeared in a Dublin literary magazine in 1885, through 1928âs The Tower. In them the reader can trace the growth of the poetâs voice and the influences on his writing, from Irish nationalism to esoteric metaphysics.
Included are some of Yeatsâ most enduringly popular works: âThe Second Coming,â âThe Lake Isle of Innisfree,â and âThe Wild Swans at Coole.â
W. B. Yeats played many roles in Ireland at the turn of the twentieth century: playwright, essayist, critic, mystic, theater manager, revolutionary, and politician. But he was first and foremost a poetâperhaps the most famous poet Ireland has yet produced.
This collection contains Yeatsâ verse from his first published poem, âSong of the Fairies,â which appeared in a Dublin literary magazine in 1885, through 1928âs The Tower. In them the reader can trace the growth of the poetâs voice and the influences on his writing, from Irish nationalism to esoteric metaphysics.
Included are some of Yeatsâ most enduringly popular works: âThe Second Coming,â âThe Lake Isle of Innisfree,â and âThe Wild Swans at Coole.â