A Dialogue of Self and Soul, is a very intriguing poem, it is like many self-discovery works inviting into the authors soul, and in this instance into the authors self. Reading this work was very interesting because of the footnote. What I understood from the footnote is that the original title for this poem was “Sword and Tower,” a poem about rebirth. A friend of Yeats, Junzo Sato gave him a ceremonial sword in 1920 that Yeats is discussing in the poem. The sword is what made him want to re-evaluate his life made him want to open up and discuss where he wants to be and where he was in life.
Crazy Jane Talks With the Bishop is a crazy poem, very confusing but it is a fun read. Looking further into the words of the poem I can see Yeats channeling Shakespeare, “Fair and foul are near of kin.” Is very close to what the witches in Macbeth said “fair is foul.” I cannot really analyze Crazy Jane yet but I am very interested in what the class discussion will lead too.
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