Memory and Memorial in Yeats’ ‘The Black Tower’

W. B. Yeats’ final poem, ‘The Black Tower’, is dated one week before his death on the 28th January 1939. The poem contains multiple layers of interwoven memories that stem from a particular moment that demonstrates its lasting impact on Yeats. He lived through a period of major violence within Ireland and uses this lastContinue reading “Memory and Memorial in Yeats’ ‘The Black Tower’”