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Sailing to Byzantium" is a poem by William Butler Yeats, first published in his collection October Blast, in 1927 [1] and then in the 1928 collection The Tower. It comprises four stanzas in ottava rima, each made up of eight lines of iambic pentameter. It uses a journey to Byzantium (Constantinople) as a metaphor for a spiritual journey. Yeats ...
1928 – The Tower, includes "Sailing to Byzantium" [2] 1928 – The Death of Synge, and Other Passages from an Old Diary, poems [2] 1928 – Sophocles' King Oedipus: a version for the modern stage; 1929 – A Packet for Ezra Pound, poems [2] 1929 – The Winding Stair published by Fountain Press in a signed limited edition, now exceedingly rare
The indecisive questions posed in "Sailing to Byzantium" are answered in "A Dialogue of Self and Soul" where Yeats chose reincarnation rather than resting in eternity. Yeats reflects upon the paradoxical reality of life whereby he uses two figures, "Self" and "Soul" to represent his opposed attitudes towards life and death.
The Tower is a book of poems by W. B. Yeats, published in 1928. The Tower was Yeats's first major collection as Nobel Laureate after receiving the Nobel Prize in 1923. It is considered to be one of the poet's most influential volumes and was well received by the public.
"Sailing to Byzantium" is a novella by the American writer Robert Silverberg. It was first published in Asimov's Science Fiction in February 1985, [1] then in June 1985 with a book edition. [2] The title is from the poem of the same name by W. B. Yeats. The story, like the poem, deals with immortality, and includes quotations from the poem.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 December 2024. 2007 film by Ethan and Joel Coen For the novel, see No Country for Old Men (novel). For the poem that includes this line, see Sailing to Byzantium. No Country for Old Men Theatrical release poster Directed by Joel Coen Ethan Coen Screenplay by Joel Coen Ethan Coen Based on No Country ...
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Overcoming loss (loss of family, loss of the past), rebuilding (life, civilization), journey as change and the importance of art to the individual creator and to civilization itself are themes of the novel. The title and much of the thematic development alludes to the poem Sailing to Byzantium, a work of the Irish poet William Butler Yeats. [1 ...