Where is WB Yeats buried?

Drumcliffe Cemetery, IrelandWilliam Butler Yeats / Place of burial

The poet’s official grave is in Drumcliffe Parish Church cemetery in County Sligo and the site has become both a shrine and a tourist attraction. The headstone is inscribed with the poet’s famous self-penned epitaph: “Cast a cold eye on life, on death, horseman, pass by.”

What was William Butler Yeats first poem?

The Island of Statues
His first significant poem was “The Island of Statues”, a fantasy work that took Edmund Spenser and Shelley for its poetic models. The piece was serialized in the Dublin University Review. Yeats wished to include it in his first collection, but it was deemed too long, and in fact, was never republished in his lifetime.

Who did W. B. Yeats love?

Yeats married another woman Georgie Hyde-Lees within a month of his double rejection but his heart was always with Maud Gonne. Despite this, and the fact that Yeats was 25 years older than his wife, they enjoyed a happy marriage and had two children Anne and Michael.

What is W. B. Yeats poetry mainly about?

Most of Yeats’s poetry, however, used symbols from ordinary life and from familiar traditions, and much of his poetry in the 1890s continued to reflect his interest in Irish subjects. During this decade he also became increasingly interested in poetic techniques.

Why is WB Yeats buried in Sligo?

Yeats got his wish, sort of. He died in 1939 at age 73, in Menton, France. According to his wife Georgie, his plan was to be buried in France and then (in his own words) “in a year’s time, when the newspapers have forgotten me, dig me up and plant me in Sligo.”

Which poem is written by Yeats?

The Stolen Child was written in 1886 when Yeats was only 21. It is the most famous poem of his first published poetry collection The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems; and is regarded as one of his most important early works.

Is Yeats a romantic poet?

William Butler Yeats is regarded as one of ‘the last romantics’ who successfully bridged the gap between the romantic tradition of the 19th century and the modernist literature of the 20th century which was produced in direct opposition to that tradition. He was considered both a Romantic and a modern poet.

Who is the father of WB Yeats?

John Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats / Father