Famous and not famous, interesting and not interesting poems of W.B. Yeats

[Uroboros1989]

I would like to know which poems do you like most!

[Niamh]

My favourite is The Stolen Child which is quite famous. I also really like in Memory of Major Robert Gregory.

[Uroboros1989]

oh yes!!!! I love the stolen child! did you hear musical presentation of the poem? It is performed by Loreena McKennitt, awesome! Celtic music reflects the ambiance of the poem very well! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7TkyxVIfuk here is the link! enjoy!
by the way i have a predilection for his poems relating to Irish folclore and faery tradition, that's really awe-inspiring! As regards his works teeming with political references i can recommend "Easter 1916" and his play "Cathleen ni Hoolihan".

[Niamh]

If you havent read it yet, he has a play called An Bailes Strand. Its fantastic. :nod:
And then there is the poem Song of the Wandering Aengus. :nod:

[mayneverhave]

Three off the top of my head: Who Goes with Fergus?, Among School Children, and The Circus Animals Desertion.

[L.M. The Third]

"When you are old and nodding by the fire" ... Actually, I'm not sure if that's the title, but the opening lines.

[Niamh]

Its called when you are old. :) the line is
"When you are old and grey and full of Sleep,
And nodding by the fire" :)

[Virgil]

I love so many, but the two Byzantium poems always come to mind.

[L.M. The Third]

Its called when you are old. :) the line is
"When you are old and grey and full of Sleep,
And nodding by the fire" :)

Thanks, Niamh! I should have looked it up. Love it!

[Niamh]

It is a wonderful poem. :nod: I did up a special book of poems for my boyfriend and just inside the cover, beside my note i wrote that poem.

[Revolte]

I really like No Second Troy. I'm fairly new to his work though.

[PrinceMyshkin]

That would be a bit like choosing the very best strawberry out of a bowl of perfect strawberries. "The Second Coming" comes quickly to mind, though, and "Among School-children" from which I have quoted in a poem of mine about Yeats:

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52392

[Pryderi Agni]

The Second Coming is by leaps and bounds my favorite over all other works of Yeats. I still read it and shudder.

[lallison]

I don't have one particular favorite, but I like this one, "Who Goes with Fergus," about a king in Irish folklore who abdicates his throne to live the life of a wanderer. It was also James Joyce's favorite poem, and is in his novel Ulysses.

http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/show/2655-William-Butler-Yeats-Who-Goes-With-Fergus-

[prendrelemick]

The lake isle of Innisfree.

I can really identify with that first line, sometimes you just want to drop everything and walk off.

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree.