“An Old Song Resung and Revisited” by W. B. Yeats

Authors

  • Genilda Azerêdo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37389/abei.v5i1.183815

Abstract

This article aims at discussing a poem by W. B. Yeats – “Down by the Salley Gardens” – by considering first the contextual surroundings of the poem, which locate it in the poetical production belonging to Yeats’s Sligo perceptions and experiences, so as to further analyse how the symmetrical formal construction of the poem camouflages conflicting ideas concerning love and life, youth and maturity, inexperience and awareness, life and art.

References

Abrams, M. H. (Ed.). The Norton Anthology of English Literature. New York: Norton, 1986.

Cirlot, J. E. A Dictionary of Symbols. New York: Philosophical Library, 1971.

Yeats, W. B. Poemas. (Tradução e Introdução de Paulo Vizioli). São Paulo: Cia. das Letras, 1998.

____. “Down by the Salley Gardens”, in Abrams, M. H. (Ed.). The Norton Anthology of English

Literature. New York: Norton, 1986.

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Published

2003-06-30

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Section

Poetry

How to Cite

Azerêdo, G. (2003). “An Old Song Resung and Revisited” by W. B. Yeats. ABEI Journal, 5(1), 323-328. https://doi.org/10.37389/abei.v5i1.183815