Jan 1, 2010
“The Tower” is a lyric of 195 lines, divided into three parts. The title refers to an ancient stone tower in western Ireland, called Thoor Ballylee, which William Butler Yeats purchased in 1915. It provides the setting for the speaker, the poet, who refers to his movements through the tower to its top, whence he looks across the landscape to contemplate life and history.
Section 1 begins with the poet asking how to deal with old age. Perhaps he will give up poetry and turn to Platonic philosophy to tame his imagination of its wild desire for sensation. If he...
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