William Butler Yeats Podcast

William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)

Did you know that William Butler Yeats wrote not only poetry, but also non-fiction, fiction, plays, and short stories? Some poets write only poetry, but Yeats was particularly versatile. (If you’d like to see a detailed list, you can access it from this Web site: http://www.online-literature.com/yeats/.)

But this blog is about Yeats’ poem, “The Two Trees,” which you can read at the following Web site (or listen to my podcast, the link for which is at the end of this post): http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/Post/420338

As I read this poem, which is quite visual—something I like, it seemed to me that Yeats was saying that most things start out pure and lovely (love especially), but that the evil around it withers and crushes it. What do you think? What does this poem say to you?

If you are interested, you can also click the poems' title below or copy and paste the link to listen to my Podcast of this poem:

The Two Trees
Podcast by Dorothy Cady

http://www.mediamax.com/dcady1/Hosted/Podcasts/TheTwoTreeByYeats.mp3