Selected Poems of W. B. Yeats

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w.b.yeatsisgenerallyconsideredtobeoneofthetwentiethcenturyskeyenglish-languagepoets.hecanbeconsideredasymbolistpoetinthatheusedallusiveimageryandsymbolicstructuresthroughouthiscareer.yeatschooseswordsandputsthemtogethersothatinadditiontoaparticularmeaningtheysuggestothermeaningsthatseemmoresignificant.hisuseofsymbolsisusuallysomethingphysicalwhichisusedbothtobeitselfandtosuggestother,perhapsimmaterial,timelessqualities.yet,unlikemostmodernistswhoexperimentedwithfreeverse,yeatswasalsoamasterofthetraditionalverseforms.theimpactofmodernismonhisworkcanbeseenintheincreasingabandonmentofthemoreconventionallypoeticdictionofhisearlyworkinfavorofthemoreausterelanguageandmoredirectapproachtohisthemesthatincreasinglycharacterisesthepoetryandplaysofhismiddleperiod,comprisingthevolumesinthesevenwoods,responsibilitiesandthegreenhelmet.hislaterpoetryandplaysarewritteninamorepersonalvein,andtheworkswritteninthelasttwentyyearsofhislifeincludementionofhissonanddaughter,aswellasmeditationsontheexperienceofgrowingold.inhispoem,thecircusanimalsdesertion,hedescribestheinspirationfortheselateworks:nowthatmyladdersgoneimustliedownwherealltheladdersstartinthefoulragandboneshopoftheheart