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The poem follows the rhyme scheme of AABBCDDC. Each stanza is made up of 8 lines with the first four rhyming with two couplets each, and the next 4 lines consist of alternating couplets. Byzantium Summary
The poem follows the rhyme scheme of AABBCDDC. Each stanza is made up of 8 lines with the first four rhyming with two couplets each, and the next 4 lines consist of alternating couplets.
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Symbolism: “mummy-cloth” The symbol of human experience is reflected through the bare threads of the cloth wrapped around the fragility of human existence. Use of symbolism gives rise to a clearer understanding of the expression as wanting to be said by the speaker. Rhetoric: “chiasmus” It is used oRead more
The whole poem serves as a contemplation of death. It doesn't focus on the ideals of death but on the fact that human lives are rendered useless and baseless once they have dropped dead. Human lives are not rendered as important as their creations are. Their creations are the ones that should be praRead more
The whole poem serves as a contemplation of death. It doesn’t focus on the ideals of death but on the fact that human lives are rendered useless and baseless once they have dropped dead. Human lives are not rendered as important as their creations are. Their creations are the ones that should be praised often as they are not filled with vices as their creators are. The poet wants to convey the message that art lives through and it is only through that they attain immortality. Though the idea is paradoxical as without the very makers art won’t persist, it is the art that outlives the makers in the end. The speaker imagines a journey through the streets of Byzantium and exclaims the wonders of the city.
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The main theme of the poem centers around the art of transcendentalism. The poet establishes art as the only immortal aspect which attains perfection in life. By doing so Yeats presents human life as a fleeting temporary thing whereas the art and culture created by them remain forever. Humans aren'tRead more
The main theme of the poem centers around the art of transcendentalism. The poet establishes art as the only immortal aspect which attains perfection in life. By doing so Yeats presents human life as a fleeting temporary thing whereas the art and culture created by them remain forever. Humans aren’t able to achieve the spiritual afterlife that their works are able to do. The human imperfection and the perfectness of art clashes in this poem. The poet wants to convey the message that art lives through and it is only through that they attain immortality. Though the idea is paradoxical as without the very makers art won’t persist, it is the art that outlives the makers in the end. The speaker imagines a journey through the streets of Byzantium and exclaims the wonders of the city. He marvels at the creation pointing out that they are alive whereas their creators are long gone.
Byzantium Summary
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