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Romantic Poetry Is Animated, Expressive, And Somewhat Free Of Convention. Yeats
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| Term Paper Title | Romantic Poetry Is Animated, Expressive, And Somewhat Free Of Convention. Yeats |
| # of Words | 1644 |
| # of Pages (250 words per page double spaced) | 6.58 |
Romantic poetry is animated, expressive, and somewhat free of convention. Yeats defied convention, avoided derivative style, and expressed himself with flowery emotion. He spoke through a stream of consciousness that allowed his imagination to flow and yielded images of beauty that speak volumes of perception of human life. \par \pard\qj\fi720\sl600 The poetry of William Butler Yeats has much to offer in terms of Romantic ideals, despite the fact some of his poetry is considered modern British literature. The way in which he evokes imagery, and in doing so presents his themes, is concentric to the style of such Romantic poets William Wordsworth and John Keats. There exist certain similarities between the poetry of Yeats and other Romantic poets, like Wordsworth and Keats, that are to be considered at length. In addition to the simililarities of these poets, Yeats poetry will be addressed as a function of life. The dimensions of his poetry will treated in a way that demonstrates the relevance to life and the need for it life.\par Much of Yeats poetry does not have a character about which the work is centered on. This is in the same mode as Wordsworth. By doing this, the poets were able to concentrate on their imagery to convey their themes. The images most often elicited are ones of nature that bring about the mental states of man in relation to the poem. For example, in Yeat's poem "A Prayer for my Daughter," he writes:\par \tab Once more the storm is howling, and half hid\par \tab Under this cradle-hood and coverlid\par \tab My child sleeps on. There is no obstacle\par \tab But Gregory's wood and one bare hill\par \tab Whereby the haystack- and roof-levelling wind;\par \tab Bred on the Atlantic, can be stayed;\par \tab And for an hour I have walked and prayed\par \tab Because of the great gloom that is in my mind.\par \pard\qj\sl600 \tab The passage begins with the chaos of a storm and the extreme winds it hurls. This shows the embroiled mental state of the person involved, or, as Yeats puts it, \'93the great gloom that is in my mind.\'94 Keats employed nature in the same way. In the opening stanza of his poem \'93The Eve of St. Agnes,\'94 he brings to life the turmoil of the night and gives insight into the confused minds of the lovers:\par \tab \tab St Agnes\'92 Eve- Ah, bitter chill it was!\par \tab \tab The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold;\par \tab \tab The hare limp\'92d trembling through the frozen grass,\par \tab \tab And silent was the flock...This is not the end of the termpaper! Register below to see the complete version of this term paper.
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