Tragedy and Art William Butler Yeats The theme of "Lapis Lazuli" is that all forms of art can surpass the tragedies experienced within the world; therefore making it gay. Yeats uses his theme of tragic joy throughout the poem, and often in his works toward the last few years of his life. ... Yeats says that if everyone relies on politics instead of art, the world will come to an end. ... It is in stanzas four and five that Yeats completes the trio of arts with music. ... Yeats helps to show us these joys through art, but at the same time shows us tragedy....

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