W.B. Yeats: Poems Selected by Seamus Heaney
W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) was not only Ireland s greatest poet but one of the most influential voices in world literature in the twentieth century. His extraordinary work, in the words of this volume s editor Seamus Heane.
W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) was not only Ireland s greatest poet but one of the most influential voices in world literature in the twentieth century. His extraordinary work, in the words of this volume s editor Seamus Heane.
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ISBN:
9780571247349 (0571247342)
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
20th Century,
Irish Literature,
Ireland,
Poetry,
English Literature,
Mythology,
Fiction
I feels odd to give Yeats three stars, but I didn't relish the selection of these selected poems. I have a hard time rectifying my love of say, "The Second Coming" with my lack of passion for most of the poems in this volume. Oh well.
The poems I liked, I really liked. However, there were quite a few that I didn't much care for and found difficult to understand. I do appreciate that Yeat's poems must have spoke more to Irish people at the time of writing, especially the poems which referenced Parnell, Irish nationalism etc. I als...
"For he would be thinking of loveTill the stars had run awayAnd the shadows eaten the moon."I am perhaps a very selective reader of Yeats' poetry. I do not like all of his poems, but some of them I love and cherish with all of my heart. Perhaps this is due to the fact that in order to understand the...
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