Study Questions for poems by W. B.
Yeats
Vocabulary:
Introduction:
Lecture or Handouts:
Identify the following characters and
images:
A Grecian Urn, the beautiful woman
without mercy
Reading Questions
Passages for Identification: Be able
to explain who wrote this passages, what poem the passage
come from, and briefly explain
their significance, context, or importance in the work:
A. That is no country for old men. The
young
In one another's arms, birds in the trees
--Those dying generations--at their song
The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas,
Fish, flesh, or fowl commend all summer long
Whatever is begotten, is born, and dies.
Caught in that sensual music all neglect
Monuments of unageing intellect