1. The Poetry of Yeats
... power to match their 'passion and conquest'. Since Yeats is earthbound, the swans are then contrasted ass being 'among the stones' and on the 'brimming water' who by nature are uninhibited to 'climb the air' The alliteration of the hard 'c' sound emphasises Yeats frustration, as an image of regret augmented ... by the aural harshness of the plosive letter. The nature and persona's recognition of mortality brings the poem to a sombre conclusion as the physical distance between the poet and swans represents ... day', and the own unfolding 'tragedy' of his o...
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- Grade Level: Graduate