In an early draft of this poem, the author compared himself to cast-off sho
In an early draft of this poem, the author compared himself to cast-off shoes and used dolphins as carriers to the afterlife. The former image was changed to a scarecrow, "a tattered coat upon a stick. " The first stanza contrasts "The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas" with "Monuments of unageing intellect," while the last stanza alludes to a golden bird, "a form such as Grecian goldsmiths make ... set upon a golden bough. " The speaker says his heart is "fastened to a dying animal" as he gazes into a golden mosaic, wishing to leave his home that "is no country for old men. " For 10 points, name this W. B. Yeats poem that expresses a desire to travel to Constantinople.
In an early draft of this poem, the author compared himself to cast-off shoes and used dolphins as carriers to the afterlife.
"Sailing to Byzantium"