The Stolen Child
This poem, from Yeats' collection, The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems is a good one to use as a means to introduce students to his early period - sometimes referred to as his 'Celtic Twilight' phase. This is marked by his interest in Celtic - specifically Irish - myth and folklore, and his desire to nurture a kind of renaissance in this cultural, literary tradition. It is a also a useful means with which to...