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This 5 page paper analyzes The Wilde Swans of Coole by Yeats. Symbolism, quotes cited, explanations, biographical tie-ins,given. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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question of the afterlife and explored this theme in many of his poetic works. Death can happen in many ways. There is the death of a loved one, the death
of an idea, or the death of love. The Wilde Swans of Coole was written during a time when grief touched him personally and he seems to be reflecting on
the transcendence of love and the soul after the death of the body. Definitively Irish in his sensibilities, Yeats seems to have infused
the Irish preoccupation with mysticism into his work as well. In the first stanza he says: The trees are in their autumn beauty,
The woodland paths are dry, Under the October twilight the water
Mirrors a still sky; Upon the brimming water among the stones Are nine-and-fifty Swans(Yeats/Ellman
1988). In this first stanza, then, one can see that he is considering all types of death which one might encounter. The juxtaposition
between what is real and what is a mere reflection is indicated in the line that says, "Under the October twilight the water/Mirrors a still sky". Considering that it was
during this time period that he had been frustrated in his attempts to marry his long time object of desire, Maude Gonne, it is likely that he is reflecting on
whether the love he felt for her was real or not. These thoughts, coupled with the death of his Patrons son, seem
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