William Butler Yeats, 1865-1939

I Romantic, dreamy, escapist, art-for-art's-sake, anti-Victorian

• The Stolen Child, 1886, 1889
• The Rose of the World, 1892
• The Lake Isle of Innisfree, 1890, 1892
• The Man Who Dreamed of Fairyland,1891, 1892
• When You Are Old, 1892

II Direct, terse, simple, clear imagery, sometimes political

• Adam's Curse, 1902, 1903
• No Second Troy, 1910
• A Coat, 1914
• Easter 1916

III Prophecizes bad future, 1919 end of Christian era; combines directness with metaphysical

• The Second Coming, 1920, 1921
• A Prayer for my Daughter, 1919, 1921
• Among School Children, 1927
• Dialogue of Self and Soul, 1929
• Byzantium, 1932

IV Bawdy, simple, physical dominates; only the mad see life's unity

• Lapis Lazuli, 1938
• Circus Animals Desertion, 1939
• Under Ben Bulben, 1939
• Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop, 1932