Monday, January 13, 2003

A Man Young And Old: V. The Empty Cup Comments

Rating: 2.8

A crazy man that found a cup,
When all but dead of thirst,
Hardly dared to wet his mouth
Imagining, moon-accursed,
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William Butler Yeats
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Andrew Hoellering 16 December 2009

What an extraordinary imagination Yeats had! The crazy man is superstitious so refuses to drink; the poet's persona finds the cup dry and is similarly disturbed.This reminds me of Rpbert Frost's poem called Fire and Ice, where dissimilars have a similar effect.

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William Butler Yeats

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