The Nature Images In William Butler Yeats’ Poetry

Nature imagery is an important element in William Butler Yeats’ poetry. It has particular characteristics, and it reflects Yeats’ abundant feelings and profound thoughts. The main body consists of three parts.Chapter I" Interpret the key to the poetry of Yeats:Image Signs".This parts includes two sections.First,Image and symbol. As a representative figure of the Later symbolism,symbol is an important way of Yeats’ writing. Second,like other symbolist poets, Yeats considered that the man and nature is interlinked.so nature images became the main contents of his poems. Chapter II"The nature images in William Butler Yeats’ Poetry",Interpret the nature images of Yeats’early and late poetry.Chapter Ⅲ"Self:the interpretation behind the images"We understand Yeats through his national complex, the pursuing of love and art.