Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON BEING ASKED FOR A WAR POEM, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I think it better that in times like these Last Line: Or an old man upon a winter's night. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): World War I; First World War | ||||||||
I THINK it better that in times like these A poet's mouth be silent, for in truth We have no gift to set a statesman right; He has had enough of meddling who can please A young girl in the indolence of her youth, Or an old man upon a winter's night. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...D'ANNUNZIO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY 1915: THE TRENCHES by CONRAD AIKEN TO OUR PRESIDENT by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES CHILDREN OF THE WAR by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE U-BOAT CREWS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE RED CROSS NURSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES WAR PROFITS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE UNCHANGEABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN SIXTEEN DEAD MEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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