Introduction of the Poem: Yeats’ poem “A Prayer for My Daughter” is one of the most celebrated poems ever written by him. It was written at the time when he saw his infant girl on a fiercely stormy day. His eldest child, which was a daughter, was born in January 1919. When the infant was … Read more
Introduction of the Poem: The poem ‘Sailing to Byzantium’ was published in ‘The Tower’ in 1928. This poem belongs to the third period of his poetic life when he was concerned to explore and express the intricacies of a private mythology. In the poem he has used his philosophical symbolism that has made the poem … Read more
Introduction of the Poem: This poem ‘Among School Children’ is the result of W. B. Yeats’ experience as an Irish Senator visiting St. Otteran’s School, a Church school in 1926, where teachers were nuns. The poem was written after his visit to the school. The poem moves from a direct consideration of the children he … Read more
Introduction of the Poem: The poem ‘No Second Troy’ is one of the famous lyrics of W. B. Yeats. It is supposed to have been written between 1906 and 1907. But it was published in his poetic volume ‘The Green Hemlet and Other Poems’, in 1910. It is one of the many poems that Yeats … Read more
Introduction of the Poem: ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’ was written in 1890 and first published in The National Observer’. Innisfree is an island in Lough Gill, Country Sligo, where W. B. Yeats dreamed of living simple and peaceful life in the lap of Nature. When he was in his teens, he had enjoyed natural … Read more