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Wiliam Butler Yeats 1865-1939 - Coggle Diagram
Wiliam Butler Yeats 1865-1939
life
involved in the nationalist cause.
1922 became senator in Irish free State
born in dublin, by protestant parents.
passionate about Celtic tradition, especially the themes of mystical and occult.
1899: founded the Abby theatre in Dublin
1923 won the nobel price
works
middle period: more modern and flexible, more symbolism; "In the seven woods" and "The green helmet and other poems"
later period: maturity and intensity
early period: romantic and decadent atmosphere
"The Wind among the reeds"
"The Rose"
themes
tradition and Irish nationalism
death
beauty and eternity of art
heroic individual, that enters a mythical world
beliefs
occultism: he joined a mistical society studying:
magic
esoteric symbols (the gyre)
buddism
symbolism: "great memory"
a collective unconscious where symbols have a visionary dimension.
the role of artist
he must create new culture, based on national loyalty and history
Easter 1916
initial distance
turns into involvement after British reaction
written after the Easter rising in Dublin
conflict captured by a political reluctant poet
style
rhyming scheme ABAB
thecniques: metaphors, oximorons, irony