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Thursday, February 7, 2019

A Coat by W.B. Yeats

Working proof 9 for Poems by W.B. Yeats, Coat II
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
artist interpretation of The Coat



I made my song a coat

covered with embroideries

Out of old mythologies



From heel to throat; but the fools caught it,

Wore it in the world's eyes

As though they'd wrought it.



Song, let them take it,

For there's more enterprise

In walking naked.




Every poem has layers and layers of meaning.

The reader is the one who 

Takes it and decides on the writer's intent.




What does The Coat say to you? What is its interpretation?



W. B. Yeats was fortunate to be born to some degree of wealth from his mother, and world of art, music, and poetry from his father John Butler Yeats.  Surrounded by such AND not having to worry about supporting himself, W.B. Yeats had freedom to develop his poetry.

His poetry reflects and captures the times and changes of Ireland.




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