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Compose and argument for or against the topic
‘That every text has its used-by date.’
Consider your prescribed text’s ideas, language and form, and its reception in different contexts.

Through the study of the works of William Butler Yeats in the current year, we can grow in an understanding of his poetry and its ability to transcend time, like the artwork of Byzantium and the beauty of nature depicted in many of his poems including ‘Sailing to Byzantium’, ‘Byzantium’ and ‘The Wild Swans at Coole’. Evidently, the statement “That every text has its used-by date� would therefore be incorrect due to the transcending nature of Yeats’ poetry through its ability to be understood, accepted and appreciated, so far from when it was composed through its ability to become more accepted over time due to social changes. Whilst Yeats rejected the modernist approach to poetry, preferring to keep traditional stanzaic forms and metres, Yeats shares authoritarian......

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Approximate Word Count: 1895
Approximate Pages: 8 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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