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A 4 page essay that contrasts and compares four poems by William Butler Yeats -- "Running to Paradise," "September 1913," "Lake Isle of Innisfree," and "Sailing to Byzantium." Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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other influences. His poems successfully spans the centuries, combining twentieth century beliefs with nineteenth century literary techniques (Haskell, 2001). The following brief survey of four of his poems demonstrates Yeats
versatility and the variety of his verse. Written in 1916, Yeats "Running to Paradise" is part of a collection entitled Responsibilities; however, this playful poem shows that, as an
artist, the poet has the responsibility to sometimes be irresponsible. Yeats scholar M.L. Rosenthal places this poem in what he refers to as Yeats "first transitional period" and it is
an example of self-liberation "expressing lyrical, devil-may-care profundity" (Jameson-Sammartino, 1994). Rosenthal says that this "poem expresses an ecstatically free and transcendent spirit," which he connects with the "spirit of art
itself" (Jameson-Sammartino, 1994). The speaker in the poem is a beggar who is hurrying along a windy road. As he walks, he compares the freedom of his life to that
of his brother Mourteen, who is a respectable member of society, with possessions and a family. "My brother Mourteen is worn out/With skelping his big brawling lout/And I am running
to Paradise" (lines 8-10). The tone is playful, which in part derives from the limerick-like rhythm and rhyme scheme. While the rhyme scheme varies somewhat from stanza to stanza,
the first two lines in each verse rhyme. The mood is one of absolute freedom, which stresses that the things that society values --position, possessions, etc.-- are transitory. This is
emphasized with the last line of each stanza, which reads "And there the kind is but as the beggar." Imagery and language also support the theme of freedom, which the
beggar derives from having no possessions and no concern for the requirements of society. "September 1913" shows Yeats serious, political side. This poem was written in response to the
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