Modern Era

Many of the ideas of A Vision can distract from the poetry. They may even actually confuse the reading of a poem which is accessible w...

The Tower W. B. Yeats, 1865 - 1939  I What shall I do with this absurdity— O heart, O troubled heart—this caricature, Decrepit...

Yeats, who started his artistic era as a Pre-Raphaelite, gained an ultimate reputation when he succeeded. Thanks to Pound in developing r...