"The Green Helmet" by William Butler Yeats is not a play, but a collection of poetry. It was written after his collection "In the Seven Woods", and is a continuation of that style. The poems are, in general, about how difficult it is to be a poet, and how difficult...
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it is to be a human being. Yeats writes several poems about Maud Gonne, a women he was in love with, but calls this a "barren passion" and is bitter and spiteful because he was rejected. The collection is a transition from the poet's earlier lust for beauty and wonder, to his spiteful disappointment in the world.