Yeats

[ yeyts ]

noun

1. William Butler, 1865–1939, Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1923.

Yeats

/ jeɪts /

noun

1. YeatsJack Butler18711957MIrishARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Jack Butler. 1871–1957, Irish painter
2. YeatsW(illiam) B(utler)18651939MIrishWRITING: poetTHEATRE: dramatist his brother W ( illiam ) B ( utler ). 1865–1939, Irish poet and dramatist. His collections of verse include Responsibilities (1914), The Tower (1928), and The Winding Stair (1929). Among his plays are The Countess Cathleen (1892) and Cathleen ni Houlihan (1902); he was a founder of the Irish National Theatre Company at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. He was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1923

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Sex and death,” William Butler Yeats once wrote, “are the only things that can interest a serious mind.

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While on her honeymoon with poet W.B. Yeats, she was devastated to discover he was pining for another woman.

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Dear Sir,” it began, “Mr. Yeats has been speaking to me of your writing.

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From that perspective, the story is satirical not about Yeats so much as it is about Yeats-olatry.

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The eminence was asked, the next morning, “Well, you've met the young Yeats— what did you think of him?”

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Yeats-Brown was still at large in the city, dressed in girl's clothes lent him by Miss Whittaker.

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I remember that an old poet named Yeats said something about writing poems—the fascination with what's difficult.

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William Butler Yeats, originally an artist, has a mystical element in his verse which gives it a sort of unearthly quality.

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George W. Russell writes verse with much of the same wistful nature as that of Yeats.

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Mr. Yeats reads into elfland all the righteous insurrection of his own race.

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