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The Labyrinth Of The Wind And The Artifice Of Eternity: A Study Of The Lyric Poetry Of William Butler Yeats, Danita Sain Stokes Jan 1992

The Labyrinth Of The Wind And The Artifice Of Eternity: A Study Of The Lyric Poetry Of William Butler Yeats, Danita Sain Stokes

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This study of the lyric poetry of William Butler Yeats concentrates on his ideas about nature and art, with a focus on the imagery of the wind. Though each of Yeats's poems may be read and enjoyed individually, a study of the body of Yeats's lyric poems gives the reader a better understanding of a symbol such as the wind. As a whole, the poems form a narrative of the development of Yeats's mind; by looking closely at the single symbol of the wind, we gain insight into the development of Yeats's ideas about art and nature. In Yeats's early …