The Tower (book)
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The Tower was a book of poems by William Butler Yeats
, published in 1928
.
The title, which the book shares with the second poem, refers to the Thoor Ballylee
castle which Yeats purchased and lived in for some time with his family.
The book includes several of Yeats' most famous poems, including Sailing to Byzantium
, Leda and the Swan
, and Among School Children.
Yeats' concerns with confronting his old age come to the fore with the volume.
William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms...
, published in 1928
1928 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Russian poets Daniil Kharms and Alexander Vvedensky found OBERIU , an avant-garde grouping of Russian post-Futurist poets in the 1920s-1930s* American poets Charles Reznikoff, George Oppen and Louis...
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The title, which the book shares with the second poem, refers to the Thoor Ballylee
Thoor Ballylee
Thoor Ballylee Castle, a fortified, 13th century, Norman tower built by the septs de Burgo, or Burke, lies in County Galway near the town of Gort located off the Galway-Ennis road. With four floors, the tower consists of one room on each floor that is connected by a spiral stone stairway built into...
castle which Yeats purchased and lived in for some time with his family.
The book includes several of Yeats' most famous poems, including Sailing to Byzantium
Sailing to Byzantium
"Sailing to Byzantium" is a poem by William Butler Yeats, first published in the 1928 collection The Tower. It comprises four stanzas in ottava rima, each made up of eight ten-syllable lines. It uses a journey to Constantinople as a metaphor for a spiritual journey. Yeats explores his thoughts and...
, Leda and the Swan
Leda and the Swan
Leda and the Swan is a motif from Greek mythology in which Zeus came to Leda in the form of a swan. According to later Greek mythology, Leda bore Helen and Polydeuces, children of Zeus, while at the same time bearing Castor and Clytemnestra, children of her husband Tyndareus, the King of Sparta. In...
, and Among School Children.
Yeats' concerns with confronting his old age come to the fore with the volume.
Contents
- Sailing to ByzantiumSailing to Byzantium"Sailing to Byzantium" is a poem by William Butler Yeats, first published in the 1928 collection The Tower. It comprises four stanzas in ottava rima, each made up of eight ten-syllable lines. It uses a journey to Constantinople as a metaphor for a spiritual journey. Yeats explores his thoughts and...
- The TowerThe Tower (poem)"The Tower" is a poem by the Irish poet William Butler Yeats. It is a passionate indictment of a man wrestling with age. It is the second poem in The Tower, a 1928 collection of Yeats's poems.Below appears a small extract from the poem:...
- Meditations in Time of Civil War
- Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen
- The Wheel
- Youth and Age
- The New Faces
- A Prayer for My Son
- Two Songs from a Play
- Fragments
- Leda and the Swan
- On a Picture of a Black Centaur by Edmund DulacEdmund DulacEdmund Dulac was a French book illustrator.-Early life and career:Born in Toulouse, France, he began his career by studying law at the University of Toulouse. He also studied art, switching to it full time after he became bored with law, and having won prizes at the Ecole des Beaux Arts...
- Among School Children
- Colonus' Praise
- Wisdom
- The Fool by the Roadside
- Owen Aherne and His Dancers
- A Man Young and Old
- The Three Monuments
- All Souls' Night