作品简介：
W.B.Yeatsisgenerallyconsideredtobeoneofthetwentiethcentury'skeyEnglish-languagepoets.HecanbeconsideredaSymbolistpoetinthatheusedallusiveimageryandsymbolicstructuresthroughouthiscareer.Yeatschooseswordsandputsthemtogethersothatinadditiontoaparticularmeaningtheysuggestothermeaningsthatseemmoresignificant.Hisuseofsymbolsisusuallysomethingphysicalwhichisusedbothtobeitselfandtosuggestother,perhapsimmaterial,timelessqualities.Yet,unlikemostmodernistswhoexperimentedwithfreeverse,Yeatswasalsoamasterofthetraditionalverseforms.Theimpactofmodernismonhisworkcanbeseenintheincreasingabandonmentofthemoreconventionallypoeticdictionofhisearlyworkinfavorofthemoreausterelanguageandmoredirectapproachtohisthemesthatincreasinglycharacterisesthepoetryandplaysofhismiddleperiod,prisingthevolumesIntheSevenWoods,ResponsibilitiesandTheGreenHelmet.Hislaterpoetryandplaysarewritteninamorepersonalvein,andtheworkswritteninthelasttwentyyearsofhislifeincludementionofhissonanddaughter,aswellasmeditationsontheexperienceofgrowingold.Inhispoem,TheCircusAnimals'Desertion,hedescribestheinspirationfortheselateworks:
Nowthatmyladder'sgone
Imustliedownwherealltheladdersstart
Inthefoulragandboneshopoftheheart
作者:叶芝
标签:PoemsYeats叶芝叶芝诗选