W. B. Yeats Flashcards
Modernism is also called:
Georgian
Six stresses in each line
Iambic hexameter
“The Stolen Children” belong in which categorisation?
Sligo
The old man who was going to kill himself, what did he do before the act?
Took off his rings and watch
“Dublin” effect in Yeats’ poetry:
Irish nationalist poetry
Yeats’ father’s religion:
The religion of art
Yeats refers to himself as a “sixty year old smiling public man” in which poem?
“Among School Children”
His wife’s contribution, which he later worked out in his book:
Automatic writing
Yeats’ great-grandfather did what before entering the kitchen?
Rattle his keys
Why is Aristotle “solider” than Plato?
Aristotle believed that nature itself had reality
The point of view in “The Stolen Children” changes from second to…
Thrid person
Mat Yeats did what when he caught stealing boys?
Gave them money
Yeats wakes up and finds himself on the grey pavement of a city. Which poem?
“The Lake Isle of Innisfree”
“…by the inclusion in The Norton Anthology of Poetry of _______ and ________ lyrics, and songs of protest against the war in Vietnam…”
L. Cohen and B. Dylan
What does “Ledaen” mean?
Reference to Helen of Troy
