Essays on William Butler Yeats

W.B. Yeats’ “The Second Coming” is a bold, modernist commentary on a changed society following the end of World War I. Through his use of imagery, as well as harsh wording, Yeats breaks down the social depictions that were once ordinary during the Romantic period…

William Butler Yeats was an active participant in the Irish war for independence. Due to his experiences in the war he writes in a way that speaks negatively of the tragic event. He uses emotion, politics, imagery, and beauty in his poetry. which in the…

The Stolen Child In 1886, William Butler Yeats constructed the timeless piece called The Stolen Child. This piece is based on an Irish legend about faeries taking children. Yeats wrote this poem during a time when the Celtic Revival was a very important movement for…

A Fight till the Death In “Easter 1916,” by William Butler Yeats, the death of Irish revolutionaries is mourned in a rather unusual way. Instead of specifically focusing on the good impacts that the rebels had on Ireland throughout the poem, Yeats slowly builds upon…

Challenges and faith to Christianity in the Victorian Era by Gerard Manley Hopkins and William Butler Yeats During the Victorian age, there were many challenges to the Christian faith and to the Bible itself. These challenges to religion were the following: rationalist thought, science, and…

The work of Irish born and British educated W. B. Yeats may likely be studied through a lens of panoramic social issues erupting around him throughout his early 20th century world. The poetry of Yeats found vast popularity during his lifetime and has thus afforded…