The Wild Swans at Coole

Name: The Wild Swans at Coole
Author: W.B. Yeats
ISBN: 9781787360075

Author: W.B. Yeats
Series: The Best of Yeats
Language: English
Length: 56 pages
ISBN: 9781787360075
Published: 20 January 2019
Imprint: Sovereign

Yeats
Irish
Bohemian
Poetry
lyrical
intense
mystical
magic
romantic
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Description

"The Wild Swans at Coole" by W.B. Yeats is a poignant collection of poems reflecting the poet's contemplation of life, love, and the passage of time. Set against the serene backdrop of Coole Park, Yeats weaves verses that capture the fleeting beauty of swans, mirroring the transience of human emotions. Themes of nature's cyclical patterns, unrequited love, and the tension between reality and idealism resonate through the verses, creating a timeless exploration of the human spirit in its quest for meaning and connection.

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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