An original copy of William Butler Yeats' Easter 1916, one of his most political poems, was sold Wednesday in Dublin for $11,400. The first-edition poem, one of three known copies to exist worldwide, ...

In that sweet wandering snare. AS the lines above from The Musicians show, William Butler Yeats through his life was always interested in music and song. Indeed, he wrote the words to many songs, some ...

DUBLIN, Ireland — A terrible beauty has been sold. A rare first edition of one of William Butler Yeats’ most political poems, “Easter 1916,” was sold Wednesday at Adam’s auctioneers in central Dublin ...

Mistakes are instructive. In particular, they can become a form of analysis, as, for example, in sports or music, when getting something a little bit wrong leads to improvement in technique or ...

Poetry often transcends mere prosaic meaning, as this dreamlike tale by W B Yeats proves. Perhaps it talks of inspiration itself; but even if not, the last two lines roll off the tongue with a touch ...

Poetry can resemble incantation, but sometimes it also resembles conversation. Certain poems combine the two—the cadences of speech intertwined with the forms of song in a varying way that heightens ...

DUBLIN, Ireland – A terrible beauty has been sold. A rare first edition of one of William Butler Yeats’ most political poems, “Easter 1916,” was sold Wednesday at Adam’s auctioneers in central Dublin ...

November 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of one of the most famous and influential poems of the 20th century. It is titled “The Second Coming.” It was written in 1919 by the Irish ...

William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin on June 13, 1865. His collections of poetry include "The Wanderings of Oisin" (1889) and "In the Seven Woods" (1903). Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1923.

The desperate young woman left a message for me on a Tuesday morning when my voice mail was jammed with angry readers calling about a comparison I’d made between a 35-year-old mother of two who was ...