Yeats

There were only a couple of poems by Yeats that I liked. I enjoyed 'Sailing to Byzantium' because you could see him looking back at what he use to be like in his earlier years of life. There was a sadness that came over me while reading this poem. It got me thinking about my life when I am older and the things I will no longer take part in. The first line "That is no country for old men. The young in one another's arms, birds in the trees-Those dying generations-" I think he is realizing that he is to old to do the things he use to and I get the feeling he is accepting it and that is why he is leaving to experience an older life. 'Leda and the Swan' was easy for me to understand but most of his poetry was very difficult.I think part of the difficulty was almost every line I had to look down at the foot notes to see what he was actually saying. I appreciate his love for his country, it definitley shows through his work.