A Prayer for My Daughter
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"A Prayer for My Daughter" is a lyric poem by W. B. Yeats that reflects on his hopes and fears for his newborn daughter amid the turmoil and violence of the early 20th century.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric poem
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poem ⓘ |
| addressee | Yeats’s infant daughter ⓘ |
| author | W. B. Yeats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | Michael Robartes and the Dancer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
sea and wind
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storm as symbol of chaos ⓘ tower as symbol of retreat ⓘ trees and woods ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1921 ⓘ |
| focusesOn | moral and spiritual qualities desired for the daughter ⓘ |
| form | rhymed lyric ⓘ |
| genre | modernist poetry ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | 20th-century English-language poetry ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Irish War of Independence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
post–World War I Europe ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | birth of Yeats’s daughter Anne ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Irish Literary Revival
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacterType | lyric speaker (father) ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter (predominantly) ⓘ |
| numberOfStanzas | 10 ⓘ |
| partOf | Yeats’s later poetry ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookAppearance | Macmillan (London) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Easter 1916
NERFINISHED
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The Second Coming NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wild Swans at Coole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | storm during the Irish War of Independence ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
literary criticism
ⓘ
poetry anthologies ⓘ university syllabi ⓘ |
| theme |
beauty and its dangers
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fatherhood ⓘ hope for the future ⓘ innocence and protection ⓘ marriage and domestic happiness ⓘ parental anxiety ⓘ spiritual values ⓘ tradition versus modernity ⓘ violence and political turmoil ⓘ |
| tone |
anxious
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meditative ⓘ prayerful ⓘ |
| wishesFor | peaceful domestic life for the daughter ⓘ |
| writer | W. B. Yeats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writtenInYear | 1919 ⓘ |
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