Lately, I find myself becoming familiar and comfortable with Yeats' work. When I first began the Yeats readings, I was dreading to go any further. However, our current readings really kept my attention and definitely held my interest. There are many changes throughout his work. From his earlier poetry to his later ones, you are really able to see a personal transformation and shift. I believe his work changed drastically throughout the years for two main reasons: his personal life and his creative life.
Personal Life:
- Yeats' early poetry has an overwhelming flow of his obsession with Maud Gonne.
- His interest in Irish stories and mythology play a huge part in his poetry which could be attributed to his Irish heritage.
- A very significant change in his work can be seen from the start of and during his marriage to Georgie Hyde-Lees.
- Yeats’ curiosity about different religions and cultural qualities are also displayed as being somewhat significant to him.
Creative Life:
It is important for any creative person whether you are an artist, designer, writer, poet, or filmmaker to have a specific view. Though, if you constantly stay the same you are not growing nor are you being innovative. Change is good in the creative world and this is just what William Butler Yeats did. It is shown that he understood the need to challenge the way he wrote poetry. Going from simplistic to complicated, direct to abstract, or even establishing various subject matter can be the best way to describe the timeline of Yeats' creative mind.
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