William Butler Yeats is a famous man in Irish history. He is following in the footsteps of Shelley and Blake. Other theoretical influences have enriched his poetry. Yeats is said to be a poet of nature and the last great poet of Romanticism. When William left school in 1883, he thought that precious time in school had been wasted. He read Shakespeare, Shelley, Keats, Byron, and a lot of other poets' poetry.
His literary work was influenced by Celtic Literature, Lady Gregory, and Edward Martin, the architect of the Abbey Theater. Yeats was born in Dublin, Ireland, on June 13, 1885. John Butler Yeats was his father. Yeats's studies are there. But he spent most of his childhood in Sligo, Ireland. Yeats loved to travel, he loved nature. As a child, Yeats traveled with his parents to London, Dublin, and Sligo. There was no shortage of enthusiasm for his poetry at a young age. At this age, he was deeply influenced by Irish legends and occult literature. This effect is seen in his early work. His first book of poetry, The Wanderings of oisin and Other Poems, was published in 1889.
Yates is considered to be a highly skilled poet of traditional ideas. In 1887, his son Yeats was two years old. At that age, Father John Butler moved to London with his family to study Yeats painting. On January 26, 1877, William's school journey began. He was admitted to the Dolphin School in Hammersmith, London. He studied in this school for four years. He was not a very good quality student, according to school reports. Her father, John Yates, was struggling financially at the time.
As a result, their family was forced to return to Dublin in 1880. There, in October 1881, William resumed his education. Everyone in his family was art-minded. As a result, he became acquainted with the great painters and writers of the city. In 1884 he was admitted to the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin for two years.
During this time his practice of poetry continued to grow. On 21 October 1885, his poem entitled The Poetry of Samuel Ferguson was first published in the Dublin University Review. He started his literary work at the age of 18 only. William's early poems were influenced by Shelley and Edmund Spencer. Later, however, he began writing poetry in other genres. Pre-Raphael, Irish folklore, and cultural influences were evident in his later works. As an adult, he became an admirer of William Black's work. In 1887, the Yeats family returned to London. There he formed the Reimers' Club with a group of British poets. It later became known as the Tragic Generation. In 1892 and 1884, two collections were published by that organization.
William Butler Yeats loved to Dublin. During his stay in London, Yeats moved to Dublin, the city of his life, every summer. She later became acquainted with the Irish nationalist and feminist poet Maud Gonne and gradually fell in love with him. He became so attached to her that he proposed to her four times in a row in 1891, 1899, 1900, and 1901. But again and again, he was rejected.
The man he loved married in 1903 to the nationalist revolutionary Major McBright. Even after the marriage of Maud Gonne, they had a close friendship. Later, Mott Gonne became one of the main motivations for his poetry. His famous poem "No Second Troy" was inevitably written for Maud Gonne. Addressing the masses, the poet said,
“Why should I blame her that she filled my days With misery, or that she would of late ”
McBright died after 13 years of marriage. William Butler Yates was also rejected for proposing to Maud Gonne. Many of his famous poems are based on his immense love for Maud Gonne and the painful realization of not being able to find him.
Many volumes of his poems are: The Rose (1893), The Seven Woods (1904), The Tower (1928), Crossways (189), Responsibilities (1914), Last Poems (1938-1939). The poet was imaginative. When London seems difficult to live with the poet, his imaginative mind has created some wonderful poems. In this time he wrote “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” poem. He says,
“I will arise and go now, and go to innisfree,
And build a small cabin there, of clay and wattles made.”
He was only a creative poet but also a highly imagination poet. He was fascinated by the common people of Ireland and their folklore. Understanding his contemporary environment makes it easier to understand the meaning of his poetry.
In 1899 Yeats's friends Edward Martin, Lady Gregory and George Moore co-founded the Abbey Theater or the Irish Literary Theater. It is also known as the National Theater of the Irish. The theater played an outstanding role in the Irish national movement.
In 1911, when William Butler Yeats's was 51, he was introduced to a young woman named George High Liz. Increases intimacy. He got married to his girlfriend on October 20, 1918. Despite their age differences, their married life was happy. His wife contributed in many ways to Yeats's creation. This happy couple have two children. Their first daughter was born in 1919. The second son, Michael, was born in 1921. Yeats also wrote two poems about his two children. In 1922, Yeats was elected to the Irish Senate. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1923 for his outstanding contributions to English and Irish literature.
This world-famous Irish poet helped translate Rabindranath's Gitanjali into English. Later in 1913, Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for Gitanjali. His role in winning the Nobel Prize of Rabindranath is undeniable.
In 1923, Yeats won the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Nobel Committee's description of his award was, "Inspirational poetry, which very artistically expresses the desire of the whole nation."
Notably Yeats was the first Irishman to be honoured in any case. He is said to have been one of the few writers whose best works were written after winning the Nobel Prize. Although his poems initially had a touch of romance, his subsequent poems were completely realistic in terms of theme and content.
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