... to their new territories and their peoples over the generations, another further stark division became clear. As the Normans began to liase more with the native Irish, the adoption of their language and customs ensued, leading to their recognition as 'Anglo-Irish', a race or 'nation' distinct again ... was again a further distinction between the two nations, with its emphasis on small agricultural constituent settlements and tillage deeply contrasting that of the native Irish, with their continual dependence of grazing cattle in vast quantities over ill-defined pastures. Thus, the so-ca...

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... explain the human condition. Yeats was constantly fighting for the individuality and self-worth of Ireland. He was always striving to explain and make analogous to the folklore of his native land. So, now the question is, what was his poem "Responsibilities" mainly about? His first 2 poems had a dreamy, soft, fairytale type of mood to them. After those 2 poems he took ... . He seemed like he wasted time with dreaming. In the poem "The realists", it shows an alternative of what people should do instead of just dreaming. In "The Realists", the title says it all REALITY. This poem sent out ...

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