W.B. Yeats Sample Guide: Personal Reflection and Public Commentary

“Yeats uses evocative language to create poetry that includes both personal reflection and public commentary.”

Discuss this statement, supporting your answer with reference to both the themes and language found in the poetry of W. B. Yeats on your course.

 

The marking scheme directs examiners to reward references to personal and public reflections conveyed through various images, symbols and descriptive details, themes of politics, nature, transience, art and beauty, effective use of language, etc.

Yeats is one of the most widely quoted poets. This is a testament to his captivating language and timeless themes. The centenary of the Easter Rising calls for a re-examination of his work in a new light. Yeats’s passion for his country and for peace is reflected through many different angles in his poems. He was unreserved in poetic portrayals of his inner conflicts and sorrows. I will explore this statement in depth using the poems The Wild Swans at Coole, Sailing to Byzantium, The Lake Isle of Innisfree, September 1913, Easter 1916, An Irish Airman Foresees His Death, Stare’s Nest by My Window and The Second Coming.

With our guide on W.B. Yeats, you will get:
✔access to the key LC English skills video
✔access to 625Lab: we will give you feedback on one typed up essay corrected. Use the 625Lab submission form and your essay will be moved to the top of the queue
✔priority access for Leaving Cert study advice. Email answer@625points.com with your query

✔notes as detailed below

Full sample answer as well as a comprehensive overview of how to approach this and any other such essay, and detailed notes on all of Yeats’s poems on the Leaving Cert course. It is a 45 A4 page (11500 word) pdf document with only the most relevant material for your English Higher Level H1. 
 
The indicative essay takes up the last 9 pages. The essay is deliberately extra long to give you ample food for thought and prepare you for the exam rather than just one essay title.
 
The rest is a step-by-step detailed deconstruction of the process of writing this particular essay:

✓ how to start 
✓ how to address the question 
✓ how to develop and illustrate your argument 
✓ how to link it all up…

providing you with a toolkit to crack any Paper II essay title.

9 euro

Add to Cart


As a special thank you from us, the email with the download link will also contain a discount code for your next purchase!

If you are unhappy with the product, contact us within 2 weeks of purchase and we will issue a no qualms refund in full.

 

View Cart

 See more essays (free):

 

 

 

 

Comments are welcome! Feel free to share this post if you like it!
Tweet @625points

 

Best of luck!

 

This Post Has 7 Comments

  1. Anonymous January 31, 2016

    I bought this and Elizabeth Bishop for my son in 6th year, he says it's better than any poetry notes he got before, thanks for making these…

  2. Claudia February 3, 2016

    If I pay for these notes, do I get them sent on my email or download them through this page?

  3. Martina February 3, 2016

    Hi Claudia,
    You receive a download link to your email as soon as you pay on this website. By following the download link, you will receive a PDF document containing the notes. Best of luck!

  4. Anonymous March 7, 2016

    Is Yeat's very likely to come up this year?

  5. Martina March 7, 2016

    Hi,
    It's tough (impossible) to predict anything like this.
    It's tempting to think that he is likely to come up, it being 100 years since 1916. Furthermore, he isn't on the HL syllabus in 2017 or 2018. So if he doesn't appear in 2016, he won't have been on the LC for three years in a row…
    However, strictly speaking, every one of the eight has an equal chance of being on the paper, and that's all we really know.
    Best of luck!

  6. Sarah April 8, 2016

    Hi , If I purchase this today will I recieve it today in my email or will I have to wait a few days to get it mailed to me ?

  7. Martina April 8, 2016

    Hi, the download link is emailed automatically straight away after payment. If there are any issues, just reply to the email and we will look after you. Best of luck

Comments are closed.