His use of soft romantic language gives the poem a distinctive fairy-tale like quality but Yeats contrasts these images with the underlying theme of conflict to present his strong view that Ireland is in turmoil. ... Also the striking sibilance provides a sense of stillness and mischief as the fairies begin to set their trap. When Yeats describes the "streams" as "young," he reminds us of the ageless nature of fairies as well as children. ... When Yeats refers to the "solemn-eyed" child, Yeats suggests that the child is now lost in a dreamlike hypnotic trance and is destined to follow the fair...

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'You do not do, you do not do/ Any more, black shoe/ In which I have lived like a foot/ For thirty years, poor and white, Barely daring to breath or Achoo', is the opening description provided by Plath of her circumstances in 'Daddy'. In this opening stanza, the familiar image of a foot ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate