The Tower by W.B. Yeats (1928)

The Tower is a collection of poems by the Irish poet W.B. Yeats, first published in 1928. The poems explore themes of love, death, and the passage of time, as well as Yeats’s own spiritual journey. The collection is divided into two sections: “The Tower” and “The Winding Stair and Other Poems.” The first section, “The Tower,” is a sequence of poems that explore the idea of a tower as a symbol of the human condition. The tower is a metaphor for the individual’s journey through life, and the poems explore the idea of the tower as a place of refuge, a place of strength, and a place of transformation. The second section, “The Winding Stair and Other Poems,” is a collection of poems that explore themes of love, death, and the passage of time. The poems in this section are more personal and reflective, and they explore the idea of the individual’s journey through life and the changes that occur along the way. The Tower is a powerful and moving collection of poems that explore the human condition and the journey of life. It is a timeless work that continues to resonate with readers today.

By W.B. Yeats · First published 1928 · Genre: Symbolism, Modernism, Poetry · 56 chapters · 7,233 words

First lines

That is no country for old men. The young In one another's arms, birds in the trees --Those dying generations--at their song, The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas, Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long Whatever is begotten, born, and dies. Caught in that sensual music all neglect Monuments of unageing intellect.

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• Work type: Novel
• Author: W.B. Yeats
• Date: 1928 CE
• Language: English
• Genres: Symbolism, Modernism, Poetry, Romanticism
• Length: 7,233 words
• Structure: 56 chapters, 117 paragraphs
• Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)

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Genres

• Symbolism — The Tower is a collection of poems by W.B. Yeats that explores themes of mortality, love, and the passage of time through the use of symbolism.
• Modernism — The Tower is a modernist work that uses free verse and stream of consciousness to explore themes of mortality, love, and the passage of time.
• Poetry — The Tower is a collection of poems by W.B. Yeats that explores themes of mortality, love, and the passage of time.
• Romanticism — The Tower is a romantic work that explores themes of mortality, love, and the passage of time through the use of symbolism.

Tags

poetry · modernism · symbolism · Irish literature · spirituality · mythology · aging · identity · nature · dreams · philosophy · art

Contents

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 1: Ancestral Houses
• Chapter 2: My House
• Chapter 3: My Table
• Chapter 4: My Descendants
• Chapter 5: The Road at My Door
• Chapter 6: The Stare's Nest by My Window
• Chapter 7: I See Phantoms of Hatred and of the Heart's Fullness and of the Coming Emptiness
• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 1: The Wheel
• Chapter 1: Youth and Age
• Chapter 1: The New Faces
• Chapter 1: A Prayer for My Son
• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 1: Leda and the Swan
• Chapter 1: On a Picture of a Black Centaur by Edmund Dulac
• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 1: Colonus' Praise
• Chapter 1: Wisdom
• Chapter 1: The Fool by the Roadside
• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 1: First Love
• Chapter 2: Human Dignity
• Chapter 3: The Mermaid
• Chapter 4: The Death of the Hare
• Chapter 5: The Empty Cup
• Chapter 6: His Memories
• Chapter 7: The Friends of His Youth
• Chapter 8: Summer and Spring
• Chapter 9: The Secrets of the Old
• Chapter 10: His Wildness
• Chapter 11: From 'oedipus at Colonus'
• Chapter 1
• Chapter 1: Epilogue to "a Vision"

More by W.B. Yeats

• Michael Robartes and The Dancer (1921)
• Memory (1919)
• A Deep-Sworn Vow (1919)
• The Scholars (1919)
• The Living Beauty (1919)
• A Song (1919)
• The Dawn (1919)
• The Hawk (1919)
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