Poetry For 4 th Stage Shirin Kamal Ahmed

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Poetry For 4 th. Stage Shirin Kamal Ahmed

Poetry For 4 th. Stage Shirin Kamal Ahmed

W. B. Yeats Biography: Born in Dublin, Anglo-Irish family Fascinated by Irish mythology and

W. B. Yeats Biography: Born in Dublin, Anglo-Irish family Fascinated by Irish mythology and the occult • �Spiritual by nature, but couldn’t accept Christian dogma Caught up in the rise of the “Fenians”, 1890’s nationalism and the demand for Irish home rule 1889 met Maud Gonne heiress and nationalist Became infatuated with her Proposed several times, but was refused

 1916 finally marries at age 51 �Met wife in his occult clubs �She

1916 finally marries at age 51 �Met wife in his occult clubs �She was an “spirit” or “automatic” writer Marriage was successful and had 2 children 1922 -1928 a senator in the Irish Free State

Yeats proposes A connection between art and politics that his writing brings to mind

Yeats proposes A connection between art and politics that his writing brings to mind In “Man and the Echo, ” for example, Yeats asks: n “Did that play of mine send out / Certain men the English shot? ” (lines 11 -12). The play, Cathleen ni Houlihan, co-authored by Yeats with Lady Gregory, may have helped mobilize the revolutionaries who participated in the Easter Rising of 1916.

Art/Politics Literature in this sense is not merely decorative or confined to rarefied academic

Art/Politics Literature in this sense is not merely decorative or confined to rarefied academic circles. something with the potential to touch and influence events in the real world. helped to shape attitudes, however. also tells us much about existing attitudes,

The Wild Swans at Coole BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS The trees are in their

The Wild Swans at Coole BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS The trees are in their autumn beauty, The woodland paths are dry, Under the October twilight the water Mirrors a still sky; Upon the brimming water among the stones Are nine-and-fifty swans.

 The nineteenth autumn has come upon me Since I first made my count;

The nineteenth autumn has come upon me Since I first made my count; I saw, before I had well finished, All suddenly mount And scatter wheeling in great broken rings Upon their clamorous wings.

 I have looked upon those brilliant creatures, And now my heart is sore.

I have looked upon those brilliant creatures, And now my heart is sore. All's changed since I, hearing at twilight, The first time on this shore, The bell-beat of their wings above my head, Trod with a lighter tread.

 Unwearied still, lover by lover, They paddle in the cold Companionable streams or

Unwearied still, lover by lover, They paddle in the cold Companionable streams or climb the air; Their hearts have not grown old; Passion or conquest, wander where they will, Attend upon them still.

 But now they drift on the still water, Mysterious, beautiful; Among what rushes

But now they drift on the still water, Mysterious, beautiful; Among what rushes will they build, By what lake's edge or pool Delight men's eyes when I awake some day To find they have flown away?