1. The Poetry of Yeats
... face to face with our own mortality. 'Wild Swans at Coole' provides a poignant reverie on the poet's own transient existence and his growing awareness of the passing of time, setting up a seemingly irreconcilable gap between the beauty and vigour of lost youth and the imperfections of aging. The poem is structured in 5 stanzas, each consisting 6 lines, along with a rough iambic meter. ... 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 ...
- Word Count: 892
- Approx Pages: 4
- Grade Level: Graduate