Blood and the Moon

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"Blood and the Moon" is a poem by W. B. Yeats that contrasts violence and corruption with transcendent, ideal beauty.

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instanceOf poem
author W. B. Yeats NERFINISHED
concerns relationship between art and violence
tension between earthly life and spiritual ideals
contrasts blood
moon
countryOfOrigin Ireland
creator W. B. Yeats NERFINISHED
explores distance between ideals and reality
limits of human perfection
genre lyric poetry
hasForm lyric monologue
hasImagery bodily violence
lunar purity
hasReception widely studied in Yeats scholarship
hasStructure meditative reflection
hasSubject Irish political context
moral decay
search for purity
hasTone contemplative
philosophical
somber
includedIn W. B. Yeats poetry corpus
language English
literaryMovement Modernism
literaryPeriod 20th century literature
literaryTradition Irish literature
poet W. B. Yeats NERFINISHED
studiedIn Irish literature courses
modern poetry courses
symbolizes blood as violence and corruption
moon as transcendent beauty
theme artistic ideal
conflict between body and spirit
corruption
ideal beauty
mortality
political violence in Ireland
purity
transcendence
violence
usesSymbol blood
moon
tower
workOf William Butler Yeats NERFINISHED

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The Winding Stair and Other Poems hasPoem Blood and the Moon