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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SPUR, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You think it is horrible that lust and rage Last Line: What else have I to spur me into song? Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Old Age; Lust; Anger | |||
You think it horrible that lust and rage Should dance attention upon my old age; They were not such a plague when I was young; What else have I to spur me into song? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ANGRY MAN by PETER JOHNSON PORTRAIT OF A FIGURE NEAR WATER by JANE KENYON THE ANGRY MAN by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY A FOREIGN COUNTRY by JOSEPHINE MILES THE GLASS ESSAY by ANNE CARSON IN ORDER TO SPEAK by AIME CESAIRE ROGER CASEMENT (AFTER READING 'THE FORGED CASEMENT DIARIES') by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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