• Shivani Verma

William Butler Yeats, an Irish poet, was one of the foremost figures of Twentieth Century Irish literature. As a poet of Irish Literary Revival, his literature was purely Irish in tone, as well as subject matter. During the early years of his writings, his Irish obsession remained an integral and complex part of his personality. Along with his other compatriots, he believed in awakening of the legendary past of Ireland in common folk. This attempt of his, is relevant in his works. It is interesting to see that Yeats’s poetic dream of Ireland, as Suheil B. Bushrui says, “was not petrified, but possessed the living quality of change.” Yeats’s attitude towards Ireland changed (matured) as changes took place in Ireland. As every living being on this earth is time bound and changes with the passage of time, Yeats’s dream was also very much ‘alive’.

Ireland, mythopoeic, stressed relationship, compatriots, awakening, complex, subject tone, aware, Indianness, Englishness

"Yeats’ Image of Ireland and Reflections in His Works", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.623-630, January 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDX06092.pdf

"Yeats’ Image of Ireland and Reflections in His Works", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp623-630, January 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDX06092.pdf