In the Seven Woods

Name: In the Seven Woods
Author: W.B. Yeats
ISBN: 9781787360082

Author: W.B. Yeats
Series: The Best of Yeats
Language: English
Length: 86 pages
ISBN: 9781787360082
Published: 20 January 2019
Imprint: Sovereign

Yeats
Irish
Bohemian
Poetry
lyrical
intense
mystical
magic
romantic
mysterious

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Description

"In the Seven Woods" by W.B. Yeats ventures into the mystical realms of Irish folklore, myth, and the poet's personal introspection. Through evocative verses, Yeats explores themes of love, nature, and the human experience. The collection, inspired by the ancient Ogham alphabet, delves into the complexities of identity and spirituality. Rich in symbolism and lyrical beauty, the poems navigate the intersections of the mundane and the magical, inviting readers to ponder the profound mysteries woven into the fabric of existence. Yeats crafts a poetic tapestry that resonates with the echoes of Ireland's past while reaching towards the ethereal possibilities of the future.

Author

W. B. Yeats (1865–1939) was born in Dublin, helped found the Abbey Theatre, and in 1923 became the first Irish Nobel laureate in literature. The Celtic Twilight gathered folklore as if the sidhe still used the roads; The Wind Among the Reeds is the lyric of that weather — love, occult symbols, a nation coming into verse. Senator, magician, and reviser of his own legends. The later poems grow colder and larger. Ireland remains the ground.

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