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The Wild Swans at Coole (W.B. Yeats)

CBSE · Class 12 · English

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Key Topics to Revise

1

Poet and Background

  • W.B. Yeats was an Irish poet, dramatist and mystic.
  • He was one of the driving forces behind the Irish Literary Revival.
  • He was co-founder of the Abbey Theatre.
2

Summary of the Poem

  • The speaker begins by describing the trees in autumn beauty, the dry woodland paths, and the water under the October twilight.
  • He counts nine-and-fifty swans on the water among the stones.
  • Nineteen years have passed since he first counted them.
3

Central Themes

  • Nature and human life are closely linked in the poem.
  • The swans represent beauty, freedom, energy, and continuity.
  • The speaker represents human ageing, loss, and change.
4

Imagery and Literary Devices

  • Visual imagery appears in phrases like 'autumn beauty', 'brimming water', 'still sky', and 'mysterious, beautiful'.
  • Sound imagery appears in 'clamorous wings' and 'bell-beat of their wings'.
  • The swans are described through movement imagery: they 'mount', 'scatter wheeling', and 'paddle'.

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The poem begins with autumn beautyThe speaker sees fiftyNineteen years have passed sinceThe swans remain pairedThe poem ends with questions about

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