Resultado da Busca
Há 3 dias · In 1897 Dr William Thiselton-Dyer, director of the Royal Botanic Garden, attempted to germinate grains of wheat taken from a 3,000-year-old Egyptian tomb. The wheat was a gift from E.A. Wallis Budge of the British Museum, who had found it inside a wooden model of a granary taken from the burial chamber by tomb robbers.
16 de mai. de 2024 · The Second Coming, poem by William Butler Yeats, first printed in The Dial (November 1920) and published in his collection of verse entitled Michael Robartes and the Dancer (1921). Yeats believed that history is cyclical, and “The Second Coming”—a two-stanza poem in blank verse —with its imagery of swirling chaos and terror, prophesies the cataclysmic end of an era.
Há 6 dias · William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and became a pillar of the Irish literary establishment who helped to found the Abbey Theatre.
22 de mai. de 2024 · William Butler Yeats. BaltimoreParade: 28 Mar 1957, Dublin: Jack Butler Yeats died. His artworks are in a number of collections, including Baltimore's Walters Art Museum. He was the son of artist John Butler Yeats and the brother of Nobel laureate William Butler Yeats.
Há 6 dias · In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid. By the road an ancient cross. On life, on death. Horseman, pass by! I Swear by what the sages spoke Round the Mareotic Lake That the Witch of Atlas knew, Spoke and set the cocks a-crow. Swear by those horsemen, by those women.
21 de mai. de 2024 · 10. In a poem by Yeats, he catches a fish which turns into a beautiful woman who promptly runs away from him. The poem is 'The Song of Wandering Aengus'. Aengus has spent the rest of his life searching for this woman, never to find her again. This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor LadyCaitriona before going online.
3 de mai. de 2024 · "Responsibilities and Other Poems" by William Butler Yeats unquestionably stands as a significant collection that reflects the profound insights and poetic mastery of one of Ireland's most celebrated literary figures. Published during the late 19th or early 20th century, this anthology is a testament to Yeats' enduring impact on modernist poetry.
