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Yeats poems irish mythology. Its such a beautiful ancient culture steeped in rich tradition and imagination. By Matthew Bell The poetry and plays of WB. Yeats Nationalism and Myth. Where the supernatural featured it seemed he found satisfaction in his craft.

Ive been a tremendous fan of Irish mythology since. Rather Yeats poetry in general takes on a quite lyrical approach being. This book is written by famed scholar poet and dramatist William Butler Yeats a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival whose works are heavily influenced by Irish folklore. His early work far surpasses the other Celtic Twilight poets such as Samuel Ferguson and Thomas Moore.

With the help of Lady Gregory he established the Irish Literary Theatre and the Abbey Theatre. With reference to this the following two poems have been analysed No Second Troy 1908 and Leda and the Swan 1928. The prominent theme of the poem is loss of innocence in the modern world. Where dips the rocky highland Of Sleuth Wood in the lake.

Yeats also extensively used the myth of Helen of Troy in his poetry. Yeats poem The Stolen Child is one of the many Irish poems and stories that utilizes old Irish myths and legends to achieve a certain poetic effect or communicate a message. You will find no leprechauns and fairies in Yeats early poetry. With the titular reference to Troy in No Second Troy the historical reference to Helen was used to highlight the true nature of Maud Gonne.

The Rose Celtic Mythology in The Rose The most difficult allusions in Yeats are not to Roman or Greek history but rather to Celtic mythology. But this was not his only method. The Celts were a group who inhabited Ireland long before the Norman or British invasions. To the Tuatha De Danann and the Book of Invasions.

Excerpt-Where dips the rocky highland. His work harks back to the old pre-Christian mythology of Ireland. Druids which Yeats mentions often were the healers and priests of these ancient societies. He wanted to recrearte an Irish heritage.

In it a human child is being enchanted into a wonderful fairyland away from the real world which is more full of weeping than he can understand. Yeats had a great interest in Irish mythology about faeries resulting in his publication of Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry in 1888 and Fairy Folk Tales of Ireland in 1892. William Butler Yeats 13 June 1865 28 January 1939 was an Irish poet dramatist prose writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literatureA pillar of the Irish literary establishment he helped to found the Abbey Theatre and in his later years served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free StateHe was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival along with Lady. Yeats used his poetry as a tool for helping his countrymen rediscover their heritage which lay hidden in their folk tales.

By incorporating into his work the stories and characters of Celtic origin Yeats endeavored to encapsulate something of the national character of his beloved Ireland. To the hero Cu Chulainn and his epic The Tain. In 1889 he produced The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems a collection which concerned itself with the Fenian Cycle characters of Irish mythology. Yeats uses the ancient handed-down staples of faery mythology in his poem to create a feeling that is alluring dangerous and melancholy.

The poem reflects the early influence of Romantic literature and Pre-Raphaelite verse. Yeats had great interest in Irish mythology and the poem is based on Irish legends. Yeats wrote Easter 1916 about the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916 and the poem reflects his mixed feelings about the violent uprising that had taken place in order to try to force Britain to give Ireland its independence. He retold epic tales and plays and used pieces from them in his stories.

Yeats 1865-1939 has to feature on any list of the greatest Irish poets and he often wrote about Irish history and politics throughout his long literary career.