William butler yeats death

A characteristic trait throughout his life was continuously editing and re-revising his earlier work and republishing it. He was always experimenting as poet and playwright, developing old and new themes, including the occult, spiritual interests, India, Japanese Noh style plays and automatic writing.

He joined a secret society called The Golden Dawn, a group that believed in the practice of ritual magic and he remained a long standing member of this group, exploring related themes in some of his work.

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He dreamed of setting up his ‘Castle of Heroes’ on Castle island in Lough Key, where 20th century Ireland might commune with its mystical past. In old age he regretted this didn’t materialise.

In the early years of the 20th century, Yeats was involved extensively with the Abbey Theatre, managing and writing up to 10 plays in this period.

The Yeats household including W.B. was supported financially in the 1890s-1902 by his sisters Lily (Susan Mary Yeats) and L