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William Butler Yeats-     An Irish poet, dramatist, and prose writer-     Known for having intellectual and often obsucure poetry works-     Quoted to be oneness of the greatest English-language poets of the 20th century-     Even Received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923o     What was most recognizable about that fact is that he is celebrated for his lyrical poetic works that came after the prize-     Yeats war born in 1865 in capital of IrelandYeatss childhood was broad in education and individualized experiences. Yeats became a youth full of emotional contradictions. Spiritually, educationally, and personally, Yeats seemed to pull himself in different directions, unable to decide on a clear path. These internal contradictions would come to become the writer and man that he would one day become. o     Father was a lawyer turned paint ero     Art was no rum in his familyo     But his religious views wereHis spiritual outlook played significant role in his life and his works. Born into a Protestant family, with a paternal grandfather and great-grandfather having been Anglican clergymen, religion was a constant presence in his childhood. Yeats began to abandon the religion of his Rationalist upbringing and made a vernal religion out of poetic tradition (Kunitz, 1560)."You know what the Englishmans idea of compromise is? He says, some good deal say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two presentments."-     In his youth he was very interested in the supernatural-     stemming from his fascination with Irish folk stories and tales -     Became increasingly interested Mysticismo     Specifically, Reincarnation, communication wi th the dead, mediums, supernatural systems, and oriental mysticism&61607     Much of his work was influenced by these factors&61607     The mystical life is the centre of all that I do and all that I think and all that I write-     1886 Formed the Dublin Lodge of the... ...e witnessed this serene scene at Coole Park-     The swans emphasize a fixed flow in the inconsistencies of timeo     passion or conquering&61607     Question whether the swans take off for the passion of flight or simply for the spirit of adventure-     Yeats makes the swans seem other worldly, existing inside his state of nostalgia-     In the final lines, he expresses doubt for the first timeo     He seems to expect to find that the swans will have flown away one day and he will be left without the feelings of delight that they sinstill in him&61607     Other mens eyes will enjoy their beauty      heart that time will go on and some one else will simply take his placeo     The poem ends with a question which suggests that the poet is meditate not only what will happen in the future but also how he will feel then-     This poem is filled with tiny imagery and an introspective steady theme of nostalgia