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Down By The Salley Gardens by William Butler YeatsDown by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.In a field by the river my love and I did stand,And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand.She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.Down by the Salley Gardens - AnalysisDown by the Salley Gardens by the Irish poet William Butler Yeats is a short poem with an overall theme of love lost and the foolishness and rashness of youth. It is unusual that Yeats chos
Personally, I did not like the poem. e such a short poem to express so much as he did in Down by the Salley Gardens, for he could have equally chosen to write a much lengthier poem on such grave topics. The reader is captured by the folk-like story telling approach and relates his/her own experiences and knowledge to the poem's theme. The poem is in a lyrical style as it provokes many images with each line. The poem is written in the first person that draws the reader strongly into the theme, relating it to personal events. In fact, this poem has been put into a musical setting by many composers, most notably Britten. The poem has very little special poetic language or use of devices. At the same time, I can see how many people would like it, relating to the experiences dealt with by the rejected lover. I found it to be a little dull and uninspired. In fact it resembles typical conversational language. There is also much use of repetition, almost like a lamenting refrain at the end of each "verse" as seen in: "She bid me take life easy. With these words, Yeats has the woman deliver the advice and the young man foolishly not take it, so the point is driven home by this repetition. ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**.
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