sailing to byzantium quotes— wb yeats Flashcards
1
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old men
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“That is no country for old men”
2
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dying
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“dying generations”
3
Q
salmon
A
“The salmon-falls”
4
Q
mackerel
A
“mackerel-crowded seas”
5
Q
fowl
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“Fish, flesh or fowl”
6
Q
begotten
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“Whatever is begotten, born and dies”
7
Q
music
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“sensual music”
8
Q
unageing
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“neglect/ Monuments of unageing intellect”
9
Q
paltry
A
“An aged man is but a paltry thing”
10
Q
coat
A
“tattered coat upon a stick”
11
Q
s…
A
“Soul”
12
Q
mortal
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“tatter in its mortal dress”
13
Q
magnificence
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“Monuments of its own magnificence”
14
Q
city
A
“holy city of Byzantium”
15
Q
sages
A
“O sages”
16
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mosaic
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“gold mosaic of a wall”
17
Q
perne
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“holy fire, perne in a gyre”
18
Q
heart
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“Consume my heart”
19
Q
desire
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“sick with desire”
20
Q
animal
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“fastened to a dying animal”
21
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eternity
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“gather me/ Into the artifice of eternity”
22
Q
goldsmiths
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“Grecian goldsmiths”
23
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drowsy
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“drowsy Emperor”
