... both with the Aesthetic movement of the 1890s and the Celtic Twilight, is characterised by a selfconscious Romanticism. The poetry is sometimes based on Irish myth and folklore and has a mystical, dream-like quality to it. The second main phase of Yeats's poetic career was dominated by his commitment to Irish nationalism, and it was Irish nationalism which first sent Yeats in ... then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherised upon a table; Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, The muttering retreats Of restless nights in one-night ch...

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• Approx Pages: 42

... hysterics. She has been brought to be Billy's mate. Eventually she grows to trust him, and soon they are sleeping together. Billy wakes up in 1968, having just had a wet dream about Montana Wildhack. The next day, Billy examines a boy whose father has been killed in Vietnam. He shares Tralfamadorian insights with the boy, whose mother realizes Billy is insane. Billy ... all want dignity," Vonnegut remarks. Billy Pilgrim is also back in Dresden, two days after the war, digging for bodies. Vonnegut and his friend are there, too. After spending two nights in the stable, the prisoners are p...

• Word Count: 5323
• Approx Pages: 21
• Grade Level: High School

... his memory, he always recalls two things: a dirty limerick about a man whose penis has let him down, and "My Name is Yon Yonson," a song which has no ending. Late some nights, the narrator gets drunk and begins to call up old friends on the telephone. A few years ago he tracked down Bernard O'Hare, an old war buddy of his, using Bell ... they're sleeping together. He travels in time back to his bed in 1968. The oil-burner man has fixed the problem with the heater. Billy has just had a wet dream about Montana Wildhack. The next day, he returns to work. His assistants are surprised to see...

• Word Count: 7795
• Approx Pages: 31
• Grade Level: High School