Two Poem Comparisons: The Wild Swans At Coole Vs. Sailing To Byzantium
Expected change and unrequited love show up as major themes in William Yeats' poem The Wild Swans at Coole. Yeats sets up the poem in the first stanza to give a general feeling of sadness by describing "The trees are in their autumn beauty" and "The woodland paths are dry" (1-2). Autumn represents a time when nature starts dying and the dying leaves scatter where Yeats is walking. The reader also gets a general feel of an aged surrounding when Yeats mentions "a still sky" (4). The stillness of the sky contradicts how a lively sky would look with moving clouds and creatures among it. The subject of the poem finally gets mentioned, "nine-and-fifty swans", an odd number (6). Known for staying with their mate throughout their life, Swans stay faithful to their mate even after death, so Yeats finds one swan does not have a partner.
In the second stanza Yeats experiences a sudden surprise, "I saw, before I had well finished, All suddenly mount" (9-10). Something disturbs the......
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