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- Title
Yeats and the Occasional Poem: "Easter 1916".
- Authors
PERLOFF, MARJORIE
- Abstract
This essay, reprinted from the 1968 volume of the journal, presents a literary critique of the poem "Easter 1916," by William Butler Yeats, focusing on the poet's engagement with the form of occasional poetry. Topics addressed include Yeats' use of stanzaic poetry conventions, the tradition of occasional poetry before and during Yeats' period, and Yeats' depiction of several characters within the poem.
- Subjects
EASTER 1916 (Poem : Yeats); ENGLISH occasional verse; 20TH century English poetry; LITERARY criticism; YEATS, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939; STANZAS; HISTORY of poetics; LITERARY characters; TWENTIETH century
- Publication
Papers on Language & Literature, 2014, Vol 50, Issue 3/4, p326
- ISSN
0031-1294
- Publication type
Poetry Review