William Butler Yeats (1865 ～ 1939)

(portrait by his father) (In his late years)

23/4/19 1

㈠ The Author

• A poet and a dramatist• Born in Dublin. Educated in Dublin and

London. Spent holidays in Sligo. These places has great influence in his literary career.

• In 1904, he opened the Abbey Theatre with Lady Augusta Gregory.

• Won the Nobel Prize in 1923.• Symbolism and mysticism in his poems. 23/4/19 2

㈡ Yeats as a Poet

• His poems include The Green Helmet and Other Poems

(1910), Responsibilities (1914), The Wild Swans at Coole (1917), The Tower (1928), The Winding Stair (1929) A Vision (1925, 1937).

23/4/19 3

• The Tower (1928) and The Winding Stair (1929) represent Yeats's highest achievement in poetry.

• Take Memory and The Second Coming as examples to illustrate Yeats's use of

imagery and symbol in his poems.

23/4/19 4