William Butler Yeats' "Sailing to Byzantium"
- Author
- Sean Johnson
- Published
- Mon 30 Sep 2024
- Episode Link
- https://dailypoempod.substack.com/p/william-butler-yeats-sailing-to-byzantium
Today’s poem is one of the most-discussed pieces of twentieth-century verse and, love it or hate it, features one of literature’s best extended metaphors for eternal yearnings–the quest for the great and holy city. Happy reading.
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