W.B. Yeats Extra Credit

W.B. Yeats was an Irish poet. He was born June 13, 1865 and he died January 28, 1939. He was a symbolist poet.Also, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1923. In his poem, "Adam's Curse" Yeats reminisces sitting with his love discussing poetry during the summer. Yeats says how difficult poetry is, yet how unappreciated it is by most. He also says that a woman must work to be beautiful, because being beautiful is what will get her far in life. But for men they must labor, and have had to labor ever since "Adam's fall." Also, he remembers how they spoke of love and just watched the sunset and the moon come up. If I had to guess this was a poem about a wife, or love that had passed away.I am pretty sure this is written in iambic pentameter. Symbolism poets favored imagination over realism, so maybe this was just part of Yeats imagination. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172057