Quaranta poesie

by W.B. Yeats, Giorgio Melchiori (Contributor)

In Yeats si riconosce ormai la maggior voce poetica di lingua inglese degli ultimi cento anni- e v'è chi è pronto ad estendere il confine temporale addirittura a trecento anni, rispettando solo la grandezza di un Shakespeare, di un Milton, di un John Donne.
La sua poesia, anche al di là delle sue singolarissime qualità formali, ci rende la figura intera dell'Uomo, il suo costante tormento dovuto alla coscienza della sua inadeguatezza, e insieme la sua gioia di vivere appunto in questa condizione imperfetta. È in ciò la sua grandezza.

Genres: Poetry, Ireland

162 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1965

About the author

William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years Yeats served as an Irish Senator for two terms. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, and along with Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn founded the Abbey Theatre, serving as its chief during its early years. In 1923 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for what the Nobel Committee described as "inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation." He was the first Irishman so honored. Yeats is generally considered one of the few writers who completed their greatest works after being awarded the Nobel Prize; such works include The Tower (1928) and The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1929).

Yeats was born and educated in Dublin but spent his childhood in County Sligo. He studied poetry in his youth, and from an early age was fascinated by both Irish legends and the occult. Those topics feature in the first phase of his work, which lasted roughly until the turn of the century. His earliest volume of verse was published in 1889, and those slow paced and lyrical poems display debts to Edmund Spenser and Percy Bysshe Shelley, as well as to the Pre-Raphaelite poets. From 1900, Yeats' poetry grew more physical and realistic. He largely renounced the transcendental beliefs of his youth, though he remained preoccupied with physical and spiritual masks, as well as with cyclical theories of life.
--from Wikipedia

Reviews

[miledi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dobbiamo essere grati alla piccola Irlanda per averci regalato questo gigante

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBxgs...

[Seregnani · Rating 3 out of 5]

Durante l'inverno invochiamo la primavera,
E in primavera invochiamo l'estate,
E quando le siepi traboccanti risuonano
Diciamo che l'inverno è il migliore di tutti;
E dopo non c'è piú nulla di buono
Finché la primavera non sia giunta -
E non sappiamo che quel che ci turba il sangue
È solo il suo desiderio della tomba.



3 ⭐️

[Mattia Agnelli]

“The uncontrollable mystery on the bestial floor”

[Patrick Polato · Rating 2 out of 5]

Uomo metafisico che è una commistione di Ligabue (maschio sensibile che però con le donne… 😏😏) e D’Annunzio (progenie arcaica mitica appartengo e tornerò alla natura solo lei e i miei antenati greci possono capirmi e comprendermi in quanto perfetti)

[Marius Ghencea · Rating 5 out of 5]

I suoi versi toccano con mano la divina gloria, la lode e s'arricchisce dell'ancestrale splendore piumato, lieve di Leda, di Elena, di quella tenuta che era un paradiso terrestre: Coole.