The Tower (poetry collection)

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The Tower is a 1928 poetry collection by W. B. Yeats that gathers many of his major later poems, reflecting on aging, Irish politics, and mystical vision.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
author W. B. Yeats ⓘ
linked to: W.B. Yeats
containsPoem A Man Young and Old ⓘ
A Prayer for My Daughter ⓘ
Among School Children ⓘ
Leda and the Swan ⓘ
Meditations in Time of Civil War ⓘ
Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen ⓘ
Sailing to Byzantium ⓘ
The Cat and the Moon ⓘ
The Fool by the Roadside ⓘ
The Gift of Harun Al-Rashid ⓘ
The Hero, the Girl, and the Fool ⓘ
The New Faces ⓘ
The Phases of the Moon ⓘ
The Rose Tree ⓘ
linked to: The Rose-Tree

The Three Bushes ⓘ
The Three Hermits ⓘ
The Three Monuments ⓘ
The Three Songs to the One Burden ⓘ
The Tower (poem) ⓘ
The Wheel ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
criticalReputation one of Yeats's most important collections ⓘ
dedicatedTo Lady Gregory ⓘ
firstEditionFormat print ⓘ
followedBy The Winding Stair and Other Poems ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
modernist poetry ⓘ
hasForm verse ⓘ
influencedBy Byzantine art and culture ⓘ
Irish Civil War ⓘ
Yeats's occult studies ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Modernism ⓘ
mainTheme Irish politics ⓘ
aging ⓘ
art and mortality ⓘ
mysticism ⓘ
personal memory ⓘ
violence and history ⓘ
notableFor exploration of old age and artistic transcendence ⓘ
integration of personal, political, and mystical themes ⓘ
originalAudience English-language poetry readers ⓘ
partOf W. B. Yeats's late poetry ⓘ
precededBy The Wild Swans at Coole (1919 collection) ⓘ
publicationYear 1928 ⓘ
publisher Macmillan ⓘ
reflectsAuthorLifePeriod Yeats's later years ⓘ
settingElement Thoor Ballylee ⓘ
titlePoem The Tower (poem) ⓘ

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The Tower → titlePoem → The Tower (poem) ⓘ
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The Tower → containsPoem → The Tower (poem) ⓘ
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