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Poetry of William Butler Yeats: The Wanderings Of Oisin

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Yeats, William Butler

Yeats, William Butler
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
The Wanderings Of Oisin

Introduction:

Yeats' first important poem was The Wanderings of Oisin, which was
originally placed with other narrative and dramatic works in a special section
at the back of the Collected Poems (where it can still be found in certain
editions). But when he revised the book, almost on his deathbed, Yeats
restored Oisin to its true chronological position at the front of the volume,
the beginning of his literary career. Such a placement was wise for several
reasons. First, built as it is around Irish mythological subjects and
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