(The Romantic Elements in W. B. Yeats's poetry)

Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 1

Abstract

This Research primarily focuses on the Romantic Elements for Modernist poet and critic William Butler Yeats‘s poems in order to demonstrate Romanticism‘s contribution to the so called modernist movement in terms of idealism. It begins with a demonstration of Yeats as a representative of Romanticism and the explanation of the crucial Romantic traits. The Romantic features concentrates imagination, emotion, nature and beauty. Then it continues with a revelation of as a Modernist poet who has romantic roots and When we a romantic and modernist . further, it maintains Yeats as a Romantic Modernist as an example to Yeats‘s shinning star among romantic poets. Finally. They have a number of similarities that constitute their basic principles. This research aims to depict that the artists are influenced by the social, political, cultural and economic developments that occur in their time and shape their artistic visions according to their thoughts about the crisis. William Butler Yeats reflects his reaction to his current social problems by protesting the established order and mostly create substitutes for reality which are idealized human beings in order to avoid the effect of time and mortal limitations. In addition to this, he tries to reflect an romantic world to be more active and creative soul, which he cannot achieve to have in the material realm. Therefore, he depicts this ideal world in a transcendental level. While idealizing human beings the artists demonstrate a human paradox which indicates the thirst to live forever. At the end it displays a picture that the human beings are transient however, immortality can be achieved through creating a work of art and will be remembered forever.

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Mushtaq Ahmed Kadhim Aldewan

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  • EP ID EP417075
  • DOI 10.9790/0837-2301106066.
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Mushtaq Ahmed Kadhim Aldewan (2018). (The Romantic Elements in W. B. Yeats's poetry). IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 23(1), 60-66. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-417075