The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems
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The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems was the first collection of poems
by William Butler Yeats
. It was published in 1889
.
In addition to the title poem, the last epic-scale poem
that Yeats ever wrote, the book includes a number of short poems that Yeats would later collect under the title Crossways in his Collected Poems.
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
by William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms...
. It was published in 1889
1889 in poetry
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.
In addition to the title poem, the last epic-scale poem
Epic poetry
An epic is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. Oral poetry may qualify as an epic, and Albert Lord and Milman Parry have argued that classical epics were fundamentally an oral poetic form...
that Yeats ever wrote, the book includes a number of short poems that Yeats would later collect under the title Crossways in his Collected Poems.
Contents
- The Wanderings of OisinThe Wanderings of OisinThe Wanderings of Oisin is an epic poem published by William Butler Yeats in 1889 in the book The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems. It was his first publication outside of magazines, and immediately won him a reputation as a significant poet....
- The Song of the Happy ShepherdThe Song of the Happy ShepherdThe Song of the Happy Shepherd is a poem by William Butler Yeats.It was first published under this title in his first book, The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems, but in fact the same poem had appeared twice before: as an epilogue to Yeats' poem The Isle of Statues, and again as an epilogue to...
- The Sad Shepherd
- The Cloak, the Boat, and the Shoes
- Anashuya and Vijaya
- The Indian upon God
- The Indian to His Love
- The Falling of the Leaves
- Ephemera
- The Madness of King Goll
- The Stolen ChildThe Stolen Child"The Stolen Child" is a poem by William Butler Yeats, published in 1889 in The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems.-Overview:The poem was written in 1886 and is considered to be one of Yeats's more notable early poems. The poem is based on Irish legend and concerns faeries beguiling a child to come...
- To an Isle in the Water
- Down by the Salley GardensDown By The Salley GardensDown by the Salley Gardens is a poem by William Butler Yeats published in The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems in 1889...
- The Meditation of the Old Fisherman
- The Ballad of Father O'Hart
- The Ballad of Moll Magee
- The Ballad of the Foxhunter