I have always had a fascination with the use of religious or spiritual motifs in literature. Yeats’ work is particularly…
Fantasy Landscapes in Yeats’s Early Work
In this week’s readings, I felt particularly drawn to Yeats’s earlier work. “The Song of Wandering Aengus,” and “The Lake…
Live Through Art
William Butler Yeats is by far one of the most influential poets of his time and maybe ever. From the…
Yeats and War
“Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,Nor public man, nor cheering crowds,A lonely impulse of delightDrove to this tumult in…
Yeats: A Founder of Theatre
This week I had the privilege of learning and reading some excerpts of William Butler Yeats, Avery well known Irish…
Language and Myth in Yeats’ Poetry: Reflections on Historical Influences and Overlap
This week entailed a personal exploration of some of the fine poetry of W.B. Yeats. Surveying a broad array of…
“A Terrible Beauty Is Born.”
Casanova’s piece “The Irish Paradigm” gave great insight into my reading of “Easter 1916” by W.B Yeats. Casanova asserts that…
This is Not Another Post About Hozier
Kidding. I have successfully found another way to proclaim my feelings for Irish artist and Fae Lord, Andrew Hozier-Byrne. Note:…
“The Lake Isle of Innisfree”
Though we were given the choice to write about whatever we wanted to in terms of Yeats’s poems, I still…
Glowing Youth
This week, I found Yeats’ poems to be extremely interesting. And I thought “The Wild Swans at Coole” was especially…
