The Full Moon in March

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The Full Moon in March is a 1935 play by W. B. Yeats that blends poetic drama with mythic and ritualistic elements, exploring themes of sacrifice, desire, and spiritual transformation.

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Full Moon in March 1
The Full Moon in March canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
play
author W.B. Yeats
surface form: W. B. Yeats
centralCharacter a Queen
a Swineherd
countryOfOrigin Ireland
explores sacrificial violence as a path to transformation
the relationship between erotic desire and death
the tension between body and spirit
firstPerformanceYear 1935
genre modernist drama
poetic drama
symbolist drama
hasForm verse drama
hasStyle lyrical
symbolic
hasTheme death and rebirth
desire
myth
ritual
sacrifice
spiritual transformation
influencedBy mythic motifs
ritualistic performance
originalLanguage English
partOf late plays of W. B. Yeats
publicationYear 1935
setting a royal court
structure one-act play
writer W.B. Yeats
surface form: W. B. Yeats

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Full Moon in March (chamber opera) basedOn The Full Moon in March
Full Moon in March (chamber opera) title The Full Moon in March
this entity surface form: Full Moon in March