An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
"An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" is a poem by Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865–1939), written in 1918 and first published in the Macmillan edition of The Wild Swans at Coole in 1919. The poem is a soliloquy given by an aviator in the First World War in which the narrator describes the circumstances surrounding his imminent death. The poem is a work that discusses the role of Irish soldiers fighting for the United Kingdom during a time when they were trying to establish independence for Ireland. Wishing to show restraint from publishing political poems during the height of the war, Yeats withheld publication of the poem until after the conflict had ended.
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An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
"An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" is a poem by Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865–1939), written in 1918 and first published in the Macmillan edition of The Wild Swans at Coole in 1919. The poem is a soliloquy given by an aviator in the First World War in which the narrator describes the circumstances surrounding his imminent death. The poem is a work that discusses the role of Irish soldiers fighting for the United Kingdom during a time when they were trying to establish independence for Ireland. Wishing to show restraint from publishing political poems during the height of the war, Yeats withheld publication of the poem until after the conflict had ended.
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"Ірландський літун передчуває ...... щина боролася за незалежність.
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An Irish Airman Foresees His D ...... l paese d'origine dei Gregory.
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Ireland
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Men Improve with the Years
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English
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An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
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In Memory of Major Robert Gregory
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Macmillan
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"An Irish Airman Foresees His ...... after the conflict had ended.
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"Ірландський літун передчуває ...... щина боролася за незалежність.
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An Irish Airman Foresees His D ...... l paese d'origine dei Gregory.
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An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
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An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
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