The Circus Animals' Desertion
id:
the-circus-animals-desertion-168-2569497
title:
The Circus Animals' Desertion
text:
"The Circus Animals' Desertion" is a poem by William Butler Yeats published in Last Poems in 1939. While the original composition date of the poem is unknown, it was probably written between November 1937 and September 1938. In the preface, Yeats suggests that he intended the poem to combine his personal views and impressions with the customs and beliefs of Christian Ireland. The poem was the last work published in Yeats's final collection, with "Politics" following as an envoi. In the poem, the
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Poem by William Butler Yeats
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Circus_Animals%27_Desertion
date created:
2009-05-07T17:31:48Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T15:49:37Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q7723086","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7723086"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Yeats1923.jpg","width":280,"height":396}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16