1. The Poetry of Yeats
... dichotomy further in an often despairing quest for meaning in the face of 'sixty winters' of pain. The element of art is not served as a solution for the tensions and arguments within Yeats heart, but instead offers him the possibility of some form of transcendent solace for the dualities of his heart. The human obsession with the elusive nature of immortality and time is often brought into ... Yeats begins with a similar duality of youth and age but moves to a more profound consideration of the metaphysical and purpose of human existence. The poem is in the form of the Ottava Rima ...
- Word Count: 892
- Approx Pages: 4
- Grade Level: Graduate