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William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet who lived from 1865 to 1939
. Yeats significantly influenced 20th-century literature and was a leader of the Irish Literary Revival, which sought to establish a national Irish literary tradition. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923. Some of Yeats’s most well-known poems include"The Lake Isle of Innisfree," "The Second Coming," and "Sailing to Byzantium." Influenced by Irish folklore, symbolism, and his fascination with mysticism, Yeats’s poetry often explores themes of love, nature, and the cyclical nature of history.Read the free full text, a full collection analysis, a discussion of the poems’ themes, and explanations of Yeats’s use of symbols in Yeats’s Poetry.
