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William Butler Yeats 1865－1939 I. LIFE OF YEATS 1865 born in Dublin. Father a painter 1865-1876 Sligo 1887 moved to London, met Morris and Wilde 1889 met Maud Gonne, who was to have a significant and lasting effect on his poetry and his life thereafter. 1891 co-founded the Rhymers’ Club, influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites, Spenser and Shelley 1896 met Lady Gregory and J. M. Synge, concentrating on Irish tradition I. LIFE OF YEATS 1904 President of the Irish National Dramatic Society, then founded the Abbey Theatre. Write 20 + plays from 1904 to the end of his life. 1916 The Easter Rising in Dublin, had its strong impact on the poet. 1917 settled down in Galway, Ireland. Yeats’ tower. 1922 Appointed a senator of the new Irish Free State 1923 won the Nobel Prize for literature 1880s amd 1890s to the 1930s a long long poetic career. Yeats’ Tower Yeats’ Works I. Early Lyrics 1889-1903 Influenced by the aestheticism of the Pre-Raphalites and symbolism from France The Lake Isle of Innisfree, The Wild Swans at Coole, When You Are Old, The Rose of the World, The Man Who Dreamed of Faeryland. Lines of great beauty, the romantic tradition 茵尼斯弗利岛我要起身走了，去茵尼斯弗利岛，用泥土和枝条，建造起一座小屋；我要有九排云豆架，一个蜜蜂巢，在林间听群蜂高唱，独居于幽处。于是我会有安宁，安宁慢慢来到，从晨曦的面纱到蟋蟀歌唱的地方；午夜一片闪光，中午有紫霞燃烧，暮色里，到处飞舞着红雀的翅膀。我要起身走了，因为我总是听到，听到湖水日夜轻轻拍打着湖滨；我站在公路，或在灰色的人行道，我心灵深处总听见那波涛声声。（裘小龙 译） II Later Poems “as cold and passionate as the dawn” A Coat I made my song a coatCovered with embroideriesOut of old mythologiesFrom heel to throat;But the fools caught it,Wore it in the worlds eyesAs though theyd wrought it.Song, let them take it,For theres more enterpriseIn walking naked. A. Yeats’ attitude toward the Nationalist Movement in Ireland 1880s got interested in the Irish national tradition; 1890s start to write verse plays based on the old Irish legends and myths. 1913 disllusioned with the state of Irish national movement for independence from Britain. September 1913 1916 stirred up by the Easter Ris