The Song of Wandering Aengus
The Song of Wandering Aengus is another of Yeats' early poems that places a stamp on his interest in 'romantic' Celtic mysticism and myth. However, it is also a poem that invites consideration of his own take on the Romantic tradition . The activities suggested below ask students to consider the way in which Yeats has one foot in a somewhat generic 19th Century poetic tradition, and yet another in something more...