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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CLOAK, THE BOAT, AND THE SHOES, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What do you make so fair and bright? Last Line: "sudden and light." Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Imagination; Vision; Fancy | |||
"What do you make so fair and bright?" "I make the cloak of Sorrow: "O, lovely to see in all men's sight "Shall be the cloak of Sorrow, "In all men's sight." "What do you build with sails for flight?" "I build a boat for Sorrow, "O, swift on the seas all day and night "Saileth the rover Sorrow, "All day and night." "What do you weave with wool so white?" "I weave the shoes of Sorrow, "Soundless shall be the footfall light "In all men's ears of Sorrow, "Sudden and light." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE IMAGINED COPPERHEAD by ANDREW HUDGINS A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL IMAGINARY TROUBLE by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS EVERYTHING THAT ACTS IS ACTUAL by DENISE LEVERTOV ON THE MEETING OF GARCIA LORCA AND HART CRANE by PHILIP LEVINE SIXTEEN DEAD MEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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