1. The Poetry of Yeats
... 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 the vast metaphysical gap between the mortal and the immortal In Among School Children Yeats begins with ... " statue of an aging Maud Gonne. It is not until the last image, that the reference to the 'dancer' who finds harmony within t...
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- Grade Level: Graduate