Cultural Criticism in W.B.Yeats’ An Irish Airman Foresees His Death Ess

Cultural Criticism in W.B.Yeats An Irish Airman Foresees His finisThe various levels of interpretation that a poet, such(prenominal) as W.B.Yeats, welcomes to his verse forms is difficult to suitcase upon first reading his poetry. What appears to be a straight for fightd poem, such as, An Irish Airman Foresees His Death, is actually an intellectual cultural criticism of Yeats fresh day society. The poem, written as a volition to Lady Gregorys discussion, captures the innermost concerns and perceptions of an Irish airman in World War I. However, finished Yeats sentimental and poetic style, the poem incorporates a double meaning, and hence, focuses on Irish guinea pigism and its lack of an international consciencesness. The airman is Ireland personified, and his outlook on war and society is a window into the desolate positionuation that Ireland faces. As the backup suggests, there is a sense of imminent doom for the soldier (Ireland). He foresees his death, but has not yet e xperienced it and does nothing to prevent it. The poem is written in the first person which gives a first spend feel for the tragic loss that the Irish soldier will experience. (i.e. his take in death). Yeats is making a subtle commentary on the state of his advanced Ireland. He can foresee her doom, yet, unlike the subject of his poem, does not sit back and accept his fate. The lack of a unified republic in Ireland and the ominous presence of English colonization, stand in the way of advance for the Irish people. Yeats writes a poetry (specifically, An Irish Airman Foresees His Death) to open the eyeball of the world to the shadow of desolation that covers Ireland like an umbrella. Lady Gregorys son is used as a catalyst to project Yeats imagery of Irelands expansive situati... ...otism is established in a seemingly simple testament to a bushed(p) soldier. What better way to honor the dead than to body Lady Ireland through his character The passion that Yeats subconsciously incorporates into his poem equals that of his revere for Ireland. An Irish Airman Foresees His Death begins on a low and desperate note, but reaches its climax upon Gregory answering Irelands call, and ends by, essentially, posing a enquiry to the reader. As a collective people, which side of the teeter-totter do we buy the farm? He leaves his hero (Gregory) hanging in the balance of an important national question. The poem may be about Yeats character foreseeing his death, but the incident remains he is in the act of foreseeing, he is not dead yetand neither is Ireland. Works Cited Townshend, Charles. Ireland The 20th Century. New York Oxford UP, 1998.