William Butler Yeats’s works are still relevant today
“ In the great cities we see so little of the world, we drift into our minority. In the little towns and villages there are no minorities; people are not numerous enough. You must see the world there, perforce. Every man is himself a class” ( The Celtic Twilight p.1). William Butler Yeats is considered one of the greatest poets of the 20th century (“William Butler Yeats”). Yeats was born on June 13, 1865, in Sandymount, Ireland. week before Yeats’s death he wrote his last poem and dedicated parts to his wife. Death eventually came in the South of France in January, 1939 ( Allen p.1). I believe the poems of William Butler Yeats are relevant in today's world because Yeats wrote a poem called "The Lake Isle of …show more content…
I also believe that it’s relevant because in the poem it talks about how peaceful it was at his mother’s hometown which wasn’t in the city but in the country. I think it’s relevant because even today most people think that it is more peaceful in the country than it is in the city. I also believe it is relevant because . In The Lake Isle of Innisfree, Yeats uses his own voice to demonstrate the disconnection with nature that humanity experiences in the modern world. Yeats explains with conviction how he intends to lead a life of solitude in the peaceful atmosphere of Innisfree, expounding the attractiveness of the plan by contrasting it with a city setting, “I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;/While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey” (Montgomery). Another poem i believe is relevant to today is An Irish Airman Foresees His Death.
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death was written in 1918 and was published in 1919 in the Macmillan edition of The Wild Swans of Coole. The poem is a soliloquy that contains 16 lines in iambic
“ In the great cities we see so little of the world, we drift into our minority. In the little towns and villages there are no minorities; people are not numerous enough. You must see the world there, perforce. Every man is himself a class” ( The Celtic Twilight p.1). William Butler Yeats is considered one of the greatest poets of the 20th century (“William Butler Yeats”). Yeats was born on June 13, 1865, in Sandymount, Ireland. week before Yeats’s death he wrote his last poem and dedicated parts to his wife. Death eventually came in the South of France in January, 1939 ( Allen p.1). I believe the poems of William Butler Yeats are relevant in today's world because Yeats wrote a poem called "The Lake Isle of …show more content…
I also believe that it’s relevant because in the poem it talks about how peaceful it was at his mother’s hometown which wasn’t in the city but in the country. I think it’s relevant because even today most people think that it is more peaceful in the country than it is in the city. I also believe it is relevant because . In The Lake Isle of Innisfree, Yeats uses his own voice to demonstrate the disconnection with nature that humanity experiences in the modern world. Yeats explains with conviction how he intends to lead a life of solitude in the peaceful atmosphere of Innisfree, expounding the attractiveness of the plan by contrasting it with a city setting, “I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;/While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey” (Montgomery). Another poem i believe is relevant to today is An Irish Airman Foresees His Death.
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death was written in 1918 and was published in 1919 in the Macmillan edition of The Wild Swans of Coole. The poem is a soliloquy that contains 16 lines in iambic