The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume I: The Poems
Revised Second Edition
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3.8 • 4 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Breathtaking in range, The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats includes all of the poems authorized by Yeats for inclusion and encompasses the entire arc of his career: reworkings of ancient Irish myths and legends, meditations on youth and old age, whimsical songs of love, and somber poems of life in a nation torn by war and uprising.
The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats includes all of the poems authorized by Yeats for inclusion in his standard canon. Breathtaking in range, it encompasses the entire arc of his career, from luminous reworkings of ancient Irish myths and legends to passionate meditations on the demands and rewards of youth and old age, from exquisite, occasionally whimsical songs of love, nature, and art to somber and angry poems of life in a nation torn by war and uprising. In observing the development of rich and recurring images and themes over the course of his body of work, we can trace the quest of this century's greatest poet to unite intellect and artistry in a single magnificent vision.
Revised and corrected, this edition includes Yeats's own notes on his poetry, complemented by explanatory notes from esteemed Yeats scholar Richard J. Finneran. The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats is the most comprehensive edition of one of the world's most beloved poets available in paperback.
Customer Reviews
Yeats: The Poems, revised second edition
This appears to be a badly flawed work. In three of the first poems of the sample I play on my iPod (from "Crossways") there are lines run on to the succeeding line, as in prose. That is, the stanzaic pattern is broken. This would be inadmissible in any poet, but in a craftsman like Yeats the rhyme words are especially significant -- and lost in this production. Oddly enough, I have not found these flaws in the sample of the earlier (1989) and cheaper work.