That is no country for old men.
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"That is no country for old men" is the famous opening line of W. B. Yeats's poem "Sailing to Byzantium," evoking a world hostile to aging and spiritual contemplation.
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literary quotation
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poetic line ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Sailing to Byzantium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthorNationality | Irish literature ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | Irish Literary Revival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describes |
a world hostile to aging
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a world hostile to spiritual contemplation ⓘ |
| evokesTheme |
hostility to aging
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materialism ⓘ mortality ⓘ spiritual contemplation ⓘ spiritual exile ⓘ transience of youth ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreContext | Modernist poetry ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact | frequently cited in discussions of aging and modern culture ⓘ |
| influencedTitleOf | No Country for Old Men NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedWorkBy | Cormac McCarthy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter (approximate) ⓘ |
| openingLineOf | Sailing to Byzantium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfStanza | first stanza of Sailing to Byzantium ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| quotedIn | literary criticism of modernity ⓘ |
| writtenBy | W. B. Yeats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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