1. W.B. Yeats
Meaning in poetry is created from the reader making the connection between the literal and the metaphorical, and in doing so, "reading between the lines." At first glance, Yeats" poetry may seem to be merely spontaneous emotion, however, after close literary analysis, it is clear that Yeats" poetry is often fairly systematic and reveals an assortment of reoccurring ideas. ... Towards the end of his life, Yeats" works continually displayed subject matter concerned with time and change, and stages of life progressing. ... As part of Yeats" obsession with history in his poetry, a common idea amon...
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