Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN APPOINTMENT, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Being out of heart with government Last Line: No government appointed him. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Freedom; Liberty | ||||||||
BEING out of heart with government I took a broken root to fling Where the proud, wayward squirrel went, Taking delight that he could spring; And he, with that low whinnying sound That is like laughter, sprang again And so to the other tree at a bound. Nor the tame will, nor timid brain, Nor heavy knitting of the brow Bred that fierce tooth and cleanly limb And threw him up to laugh on the bough; No government appointed him. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE THE WILD SWAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE QUARTET IN F MAJOR by WILLIAM MEREDITH CROSS THAT LINE by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE EMANCIPATION by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER SIXTEEN DEAD MEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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