In the poem "The Stolen Child" by William Butler Yeats, he reminds us life as a child is a fantasy world that should be kept a memory because if one tries to relive it, they would not be as happy as they think. ... Using print and sound Yeats tells the reader the poem is a simple, flowing poem. Yeats makes the poem rhyme like a child's nursery rhyme, "Come away, O human child! ... Using imagery and metaphor Yeats captures the childhood in ones memory. ... Using symbolism and irony (tone) Yeats clearly illuminates the theme. ...

• Word Count: 487
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

William Butler Yeats speaks of a similar relocation to a place where he can live forever in his poem "Sailing to Byzantium". ... William Butler Yeats, himself, is most likely the speaker. ... Yeats lives in a place "that is no country for old men". ... "Once out of nature" and immortal, Yeats describes his life in Byzantium. ... William Butler Yeats recognizes this fact in "Sailing to Byzantium". ...

• Word Count: 695
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

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....

• Word Count: 824
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

William Butler Yeats" poem "Leda and the Swan" is an awkward recreation of the Greek myth in which Zeus takes the form of a swan in order to seduce Leda. In this poem William Butler Yeats, known as one of the greatest twentieth century poets of Europe chose to use the sonnet format to retell this story. Yeats was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1965. ... Yeats describes her thighs "loosening" to the swan. ... William Butler Yeats wrote Leda and the Swan in 1924. ...

• Word Count: 1080
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School