William Butler Yeats was a phenomenal poet who won the Noble Prize in 1923. He was a poet who had a lasting impact on his nation and national literature Yeats identified as an Irishman and it’s safe to say that identity reflected upon his writing. William’s wide range of styles and subjects impacted the changing world he once inhabited. He was an influence for the writers who came after him.
William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin, Ireland, on June 13th, 1865. He was the son of an Irish painter who was well known. His childhood was spent in County Sligo and returned to Dublin when he was 15 in order to continue his education and discover his love for poetry. Yeats was on the road to his Celtic revival and success.
William’s new way of seeing the world around him, matched with a changing political landscape. This has led to some of his best works. Easter,1916, was his reaction to the Easter uprising, which was a violent, but failed
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Later into his Irish writing, Yeats adventured into the Irish Literary Revival movement. In 1892, Yeats founded the National Literary Society and in 1899, he cofounded the Irish Literary Theatre. A couple years later, Yeats founded and wrote plays for the Abbey Theatre, which mostly composed of Irish playwrights and authors. Yeats found amazing success from this. One of his plays, “Ego Dominus Tuus,” appeared in Poetry magazine.
Overall, William Butler Yeats was a man with a plan. Yeats wanted others to know about his background and did it wonderfully, by providing us some amazing plays, poems, and books. William’s Irish identity has had a huge impact on his writing and way of life. It made him have a different outlook on the world around him, and it also had him questioning about certain things that were