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William Butler Yeats Research Paper

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William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin, Ireland on June 13, 1865. His parents were John Butler Yeats and Susan Mary Pollexfen. Yeats’ dad, John, trained as a lawyer but dropped that career soon after his son's birth to pursue the study of art. (Mead) William had formal schooling but also received teachings from his dad (notablebiographies.com). After his formal schooling, Yeats went to the Metropolitan school of Art in Dublin, where he later dropped out (Mead).

Yeats met Maud Gonne in 1889 (notablebiographies.com). He fell madly in love with her and proposed to her several times but got rejected each time. She became a great influence for a lot of Yeats’ poetry. In 1890 Yeats joined the Golden Dawn, a secret society that practiced ritual
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