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The Yeats Journal of Korea Vol.25 pp.23-37
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.14354/yjk.2006.25.23

Meditative Backgrounds and Their Qualities in W. B. Yeats’ Early Poems

Ko Joon Seog

Abstract

This paper discusses the meditative backgrounds and their characteristics in theearly poems of W. B. Yeats Chapter II discusses the characteristics of theTheosophical Society which seeks Anima Mundi, Golden Dawn which makes theexperiment to evoke the daimon, and the style of the early poems which shows thecourse of investigation of the self. Chapter III discusses the mysterious vitality ofplace in Sligo which mixes up the various culture and evokes nostalgia.
Throughout his career Yeats uses meditation to apply the core of his poeticmaterial and a profound technique in composition. His meditation combines poetryinto an individual's sense, emotion, and the ability of knowledge to purify the soul.He achieves meditation which reaches immediate unity through the delicate ritual ofmeditation during ecstasy.
Yeats didn't come to the maturity of meditative poetry which completes themeditative style as we compare his early poems with his later work. But he createsa place as the basic structure of meditation, perceives it through meditation,establishes it as the principle of meditation which integrates the Universe and theNatural. And he smoothly explores the movement of thought. He also integrates theperception of human spirit into the perception of the natural world.
In conclusion the meditation which Yeats had searched for in his poetry createsa self, perceives the supernatural being, and integrates the supernatural and thenatural into his inner life. So he completes perfect meditative poems.

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