Comments on: Poetry Tuesday – William Butler Yeats http://thebluestockings.com/2008/04/poetry-tuesday-william-butler-yeats/ A Place for Readers Tue, 22 May 2012 00:37:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: jenclair http://thebluestockings.com/2008/04/poetry-tuesday-william-butler-yeats/comment-page-1/#comment-7 jenclair Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:00:00 +0000 http://thebluestockings.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/poetry-tuesday-william-butler-yeats/#comment-7 This is one of my favorites as well. And although I always "knew" there was a reference to Walden Pond and Thoreau's beans, I felt so satisfied when I eventually researched the poem and discovered it was true.<br/><br/>Another connection for me is Wordsworth's "The World Is Too Much With Us" and his feeling that most of us are "out of tune" with nature. Yeats and Thoreau remind us of that healing power. This is one of my favorites as well. And although I always “knew” there was a reference to Walden Pond and Thoreau’s beans, I felt so satisfied when I eventually researched the poem and discovered it was true.

Another connection for me is Wordsworth’s “The World Is Too Much With Us” and his feeling that most of us are “out of tune” with nature. Yeats and Thoreau remind us of that healing power.

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