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research work deals with the development of symbols in the poetry of W. B. Yeats. To comprehend and thereby fully appreciate Yeats’s poetry requires some
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and politics had an immense effect on William Butler Yeats that transpired into his poems. Yeats’ love for Ireland was a great motivation for writing
reconcile these personal conflicts and the poem, then, is an example of Yeats displacing his frustration, and doing so in a positive and safe manner.
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