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troductio
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ow
toallYeats’spoeticthi
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i
flue
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doutofhisow
origi
alityThereforethisstudyoftheYeatsia
poeticthi
ki
gwouldfocuso
afewdisti
guishedaspects，i
ordertomakethemcohere
tlyi
terrelatedIemploythemetaphoricalmea
i
gsoftheroseakeyYeatsia
symboltoreprese
tthosechose
aspects2A
alysisoftheRoseThemes
Thoughayou
gpoetatthetimeofthecompositio
ofTheroseYeatsisquite
preoccupiedwiththemesofagi
ga
dmortalityImagi
i
ghisoldageservedasa

escapefortheyou
gYeatswhofou
dhimselfu
successfuli
lovea
dimagi
edthat
lateri
lifehewouldeitherhavewo
hisbelovedorhisbelovedwouldhavecometo
regretherrejectio
ofhim