The Lake Isle of Innisfree ............................................................. 132 September 1913 ............................................................................ 136 The Wild Swans at Coole .............................................................. 140 An Irish Airman Foresees his Death .............................................. 144 Easter 1916 ................................................................................... 148 The Second Coming ...................................................................... 155 Sailing to Byzantium .................................................................... 159 The Stare’s Nest by My Window .................................................. 163 In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz ..................... 167 Swift’s Epitaph .............................................................................. 171 An Acre of Grass ........................................................................... 175 Politics .......................................................................................... 179 from Under Ben Bulben ................................................................ 182 An Overview of the Themes in W.B. Yeats’ Poetry ....................... 185 Important Features of W.B. Yeats’ Language and Style ................ 190 Writing about W.B. Yeats .............................................................. 196
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Begin ..................................................................................................202 Bread .................................................................................................205 ‘Dear Autumn Girl’ .............................................................................208 Poem from a Three Year Old ...............................................................211 Oliver to His Brother .......................................................................... 216 I See You Dancing, Father .................................................................. 219 A Cry for Art O’Leary ..........................................................................222 Things I Might Do ...............................................................................232 A Great Day ........................................................................................236 Fragments .......................................................................................... 241 The soul’s loneliness..........................................................................244 Saint Brigid’s Prayer .........................................................................247 An Overview of the Themes in Brendan Kennelly’s Poetry ............... 251 Important Features of Brendan Kennelly’s Language and Style .......255 Writing about Brendan Kennelly ....................................................... 261
