English Language & Literature & Psychology

“Sailing to Byzantium” by William Butler Yeats was first published in 1928 in the collection called “The Tower.” Byzantium is the old name of Constantinople or Istanbul which was once the capital of the Roman Empire. According to Yeats, the Christian Byzantium which influences the scene after the fall of Rome was an ideal place of culture and wisdom. In the poem, “Sailing to Byzantium”, the poet faces the old age and wishes to forget his decaying body and educate his soul for immortality. Yeats’ whole life has been devoted to create everlasting pieces of art and he imagines that after death his soul will be a golden bird resting in the Emperor’s palace. SUMMARY: Stanza 1: The poet says that Ireland is not a proper place for old men because they get tangled into some sensual music which abstains them from achieving artistic ageless accomplishments of the intellect. The dying generation of birds and young lovers celebrate are against the natural cycle of death and birth. The young lover

A Prayer for my Daughter by W. B. Yeats – Analysis A word about Yeats and this poem ‘A Prayer for my daughter’ …. William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an illustrious Irish poet, writer and playwright. He was a staunch Irish nationalist who continued to espouse this cause all his life. At the prime of his youth, at the age of 24, he met the woman Maud Gonne. She too was an ardent votary of the Irish cause. Yeats was enamored of her for her dedication, energy, and of course, her beauty. Yeats’s mind was swept with love for Maud Gonne. But, she remained aloof. Yeasts proposed to her as many as four times, but she declined to reciprocate. She chose to marry Major John MacBride. It left Yeats distraught and dejected. Later, Yeats married Georgie Hyde-Lees. She bore him two children, Anne and Michael. The memory of Maud Gonne remained etched in Yeats’s mind making her the muse for many of his great literary works later. This poem was written by Yeats when Anne was a tender infant. It expre

“Prayer for My Daughter” is a beautiful personal poem by William Butler Yeats reflecting his gloomy mood and a fear of a disturbing future. The poem was composed in 1919 and appeared in 1921. It was written during the World War I, thus it reflects the post-war agitation that was prevalent during that time. Though the war ended but Ireland was still in disturbance. William Butler Yeats’ daughter Annie was born that time and the poet was worried for her future. He is worried that his infant daughter has to face the challenges and hardships of the future and how best would she be able to fight them. The poet suggests some characteristics that she must undertake which can sustain her future and keep her safe and happy. SUMMARY: Stanza 1: A violent, dreadful storm is blazing outside. The poet says that the ‘haystack and roof-leveling wind’ is blowing directly from the Atlantic but is obstructed by just one naked hill and the woods of Gregory’s estate. The poet then introduces her infan

Among School Children By William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats wrote this poem, Among School Children, most probably in 1926 after his visit in that year to a progressive convent school at Waterfront, St. Otteran’s School. The poem, Among School Children, was inspired by his senate-sponsored visit to Waterfront Convent as a sixty-year old Senator of the free Irish State in the capacity of the Inspector of schools. The poem begins in the first person (‘I’) most naturalistically in the standard pattern of a guided tour and reaches the philosophic heights. In the words of W.H. Hudson, “Yeats has a knack of raising occasional poetry to the level of profound poetry of universal appeal and significance. Among School Children can be cited as an example.” This poem is considered to be one of the finest of Yeats’s compositions, which attempt at synthesizing “the sixty-year old smiling public man,” the aged one-time  lover, and the would-be philosopher into something as organic as a ches

Introduction The poem The Second Coming by WB Yeats is about the turmoil created by the World War II. The poet is seeking the second birth of saviour and Prophet (Christ). After the World War II, there was a complete disconnect between humankind and divinity. The poem is divided into 2 sections. The first section talks about the spiritual disconnect and suffering and on the other hand II section is about the second birth of Prophet.   Stanza 1 Turning and turning in the widening gyre    The falcon cannot hear the falconer;  Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;  Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,  The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere    The ceremony of innocence is drowned;  The best lack all conviction, while the worst    Are full of passionate intensity. In the first stanza, Yeats talks about the movement of the time which has widened the world. here gyre signifies the world. The falconer signifies father. And thus the Falco

The poem Among School Children was composed after the poet’s visit to a convent school in Waterford Ireland in 1926. This poem moves from a direct consideration of the children to Yeats’ early love, Maude Gonne, and then to a passionate philosophical conclusion in which all of Yeats’s platonic thinking blends into an exalted hymn of raise to the glory and the puzzle of human existence. William Butler Yeats As Yeats entered the school, he was received by an old nun who conducted him through different classes. The children in the classes looked with wonder at the sixty year old smiling public man (poet). At the sight of children, he is reminded of Maude Gonne; his beloved as she must have been a student like the girls who stood before him at the time. He recalls a particular day when she had told him how trivial incidents and reproof from the teacher would make her unhappy and turn the entire day into the cheerless void. The poet had listened to her account and expressed sy

The Impact of Digital Media on Newspapers and Books                       Script for Radio Talk On All India Radio                                                            B.Sharmila                                                         Lecturer in English                                                          TJPS College (PG Courses)                                                        Guntur-6.             Books and News papers are as old as Modern Human Civilization. Technological revolution that initiated in Europe made a lot of contribution to many fields of human activity across the world. International relations and wars warranted the human kind to know from day to day the social, political, economic and scientific developments taking place in the form of inventions and discoveries. Certainly, books have opened up   avenues to the modern man from the experience of people of the past generations. Though they are dead they are alive through their writings

The Concept Of Knowledge Through Nature   In Robert Frost’s Poetry Script for Talk on All India Radio                                                                                        B.Sharmila, Lecturer in English                                                    TJPS College (PG Courses), Guntur                    Robert   Frost ,the only writer to receive the Pulitzer prize four times in American English Literature, is much acclaimed as a poet of Nature, since he drew inspiration from nature to his output of poetry with an extensive use of symbols, that connect the secrets of nature to the life of man. According to Robert Frost, nature is all inclusive and comprehensive. Termed as 'The Voice of American ', he made a blend of skepticism and faith and eternal conflict between them.   Robert Frost's poems have inspired the greatest thinkers, statesmen, philosophers and men of literature. One such great man was no other than the first prime mini