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Presentation on theme: "William Butler Yeats By: Max Harrington."— Presentation transcript:

1 William Butler YeatsBy: Max Harrington

2 Early LifeWilliam Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and dramatist (playwright).

Some think he was the greatest poet of the twentieth century. He won the Nobel Prize for literature in The works of William Butler Yeats form a bridge between the romantic poetry of the nineteenth century and the hard clear language of modern poetry.William Butler Yeats was born on June 13, 1865, in Dublin, Ireland.

He was the oldest of four children of John Butler Yeats, a portrait artist. His father sent William to school and gave him lessons at home that began his love for classics.

3 General informationDied: 28 January 1939, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, FranceWon the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923Prize motivation(Quote): "for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of