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MYTHOLOGY AS THE POETIC INSTRUMENT IN THE POETRY OF WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

Summary/Abstract: This paper explores the influx of mythological elements in the poetry of William Butler Yeats. Yeats is famous as a poet of the Irish national movement. Thus, his poems are abundant with references to motifs and figures that belong to Irish mythology. On the other hand, Yeats was no stranger to other national mythologies, especially when it comes to ancient Greece. By analysing poetic tools in Yeats's poems, our aim is to delve into the power of folklore and national heritage in general. Yeats did not use mythological elements uniformly or sparingly. That is why our task lies in noticing how Yeats used mythology to rekindle the Irish sense of national identity, to depict universal metaphysical issues, and to include the Irish heritage in the realm of acknowledged European cultural lore, alongside timeless heroes and the gods of Ancient Greece.

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