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Poems of W.B. Yeats: The Rose Study Guide

by William Butler Yeats

Poems of W.B. Yeats: The Rose study guide contains a biography of William Butler Yeats, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

The first part of Yeats' collection draws largely upon mythic Ireland. In "The Rose upon the Rood of Time," Yeats invites the rose (his beloved) to come close, but not too close to him. "Fergus and the Druid" catalogs the exchange between an ancient king and a druid who gives him the gift of a bag of memories that only make the king sadd. "Cuchulain's Fight with the Sea" describes Cuchulain's mad battle with the ocean after he unknowingly kills his own son. "The Rose of the World" puts Yeats's beloved, Maude Gonne, into a classical context and recalls a hike that the two took together. "The Rose of Peace" imagines how heaven and hell could be reconciled by the Archangel Michael. "The Rose of Battle" discusses the seductiveness of battle to…

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• Poems of W.B. Yeats: The Rose Summary
• About Poems of W.B. Yeats: The Rose
• Character List
• Glossary of Terms
• Major Themes
• Summary and Analysis of The Rose upon the Rood of Time
• Summary and Analysis of Fergus and the Druid
• Summary and Analysis of Cuchulain's Fight with the Sea
• Summary and Analysis of The Rose of the World
• Summary and Analysis of The Rose of Peace
• Summary and Analysis of The Rose of Battle
• Summary and Analysis of A Faery Song
• Summary and Analysis of The Lake Isle of Innisfree
• Summary and Analysis of A Cradle Song
• Summary and Analysis of The Pity of Love
• Summary and Analysis of The Sorrow of Love
• Summary and Analysis of When You Are Old
• Summary and Analysis of The White Birds
• Summary and Analysis of A Dream of Death
• Summary and Analysis of The Countess Cathleen in Paradise
• Summary and Analysis of Who Goes with Fergus?
• Summary and Analysis of The Man Who dreamed of Faeryland
• Summary and Analysis of The Dedication to a Book of Stories selected from the Irish Novelists
• Summary and Analysis of The Lamentation of the Old Pensioner
• Summary and Analysis of The Ballad of Father Gilligan
• Summary and Analysis of The Two Trees
• Summary and Analysis of To Some I have Talked with by the Fire
• Summary and Analysis of To Ireland in the Coming Times
• Celtic Mythology in The Rose
• Related Links on Poems of W.B. Yeats: The Rose
• Suggested Essay Questions
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 1
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 2
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 3
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 4
• Author of ClassicNote and Sources

• Poems of W.B. Yeats: The Rose: Major Themes
• Poems of W.B. Yeats: The Rose: Essays
• Poems of W.B. Yeats: The Rose: Questions
• Poems of W.B. Yeats: The Rose: Purchase the Novel and Related Material
• William Butler Yeats: Biography