The Wild Swan- W.B. Yeats

The Wild Swan- W.B. Yeats

Þ          William Butler Yeats was the most famous Irish metaphysical poet and a great Irish dramatist. As supreme symbolist, He was the father of the symbolistic movement. He was a Noble Prize Winner in 1923, composed some of the most respected poetry of 20^th century. Like T.S. Eliot, he was the initiator of the 20^th century poetry.

Þ          The poem ‘The Wild Swan’ is derived form the volume ‘The Wild Swan at Coole’ appeared in 1919. In this poem Yeats considers the problem of the exhaustion of his power with the coming of old age. The poem also tells us about the swans, their youthfulness and beauty. But this narration is a reflection of his mind memories and his disturbed mind at thought of years of beauty and youthfulness that passed away.

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