William Butler Yeats: Life and Works (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Yeats's lifespan years
Yeats's lifespan years
1865-1939
Year of Yeats's first collection
Year of Yeats's first collection
1889
Title of Yeats's first collection
Title of Yeats's first collection
The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems
Publication year of 'The Tower'
Publication year of 'The Tower'
1928
Woman Yeats loved (unrequited)
Woman Yeats loved (unrequited)
Maud Gonne
Romantic poet who influenced Yeats
Romantic poet who influenced Yeats
William Blake
Poem with 'rough beast' symbol
Poem with 'rough beast' symbol
The Second Coming
Main theme of 'Easter 1916'
Main theme of 'Easter 1916'
Irish nationalism
Theme of 'Sailing to Byzantium'
Theme of 'Sailing to Byzantium'
Time and mortality
Year Yeats won Nobel Prize
Year Yeats won Nobel Prize
1923
Yeats's father's profession
Yeats's father's profession
Painter
Notable Yeats play
Notable Yeats play
The Countess Cathleen