The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems (1889) William Butler Yeats

The narrative contained within “The Stolen Child,” a poem written in 1866 by William Butler Yeats, is borrowed from a well-known tale in Irish mythology – that of the Changeling. This myth proposed that fairies would often steal away a human child...

A phantasmagoria of implicit messages, morals, and meanings, William B. Yeats grapples with the chaotic Irish society of the 19th and 20th century in his works. At first, Yeats is full of optimism and affection partly due to meeting his first...