Among School Children
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"Among School Children" is a reflective poem by W. B. Yeats that meditates on aging, memory, and the relationship between the ideal and the real, famously culminating in the image of the dancer and the dance.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| author | W. B. Yeats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | The Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| containsImage |
Leda and the Swan allusion
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chestnut tree ⓘ nun and mother imagery ⓘ the dancer and the dance NERFINISHED ⓘ yolk and white of an egg ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| criticalReputation | one of Yeats’s major late poems ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
inseparability of art and artist
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unity of being ⓘ |
| famousLine | How can we know the dancer from the dance? ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | The Dial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| form | meditative poem ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late Yeats ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| poet | W. B. Yeats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| referencesPerson | Maud Gonne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| referencesPhilosopher |
Aristotle
NERFINISHED
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Plato NERFINISHED ⓘ Plotinus NERFINISHED ⓘ Pythagoras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Sailing to Byzantium
NERFINISHED
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The Tower (poem) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ABABABCC ⓘ |
| setting | a schoolroom ⓘ |
| speaker | an aging statesman-poet ⓘ |
| stanzaCount | 8 ⓘ |
| stanzaForm | ottava rima ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
contemplation of childhood and old age
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relationship between body and soul ⓘ relationship between thought and action ⓘ the poet’s visit to a convent school ⓘ |
| subjectOf | extensive literary criticism ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
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art and life unity ⓘ education ⓘ ideal versus real ⓘ identity ⓘ love ⓘ memory ⓘ philosophy ⓘ time ⓘ |
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