" That poem begins by declaring "That is no country for old men" to explain why he now journeyed to the titular Eastern city.
In one poem, this author proclaims that poets rebuild the work of the ancients, and that poets, like Hamlet and King Lear, are gay. That poem goes on to describe a "long-legged bird" flying over the heads of three Chinamen. In another poem, this author expresses a desire to be turned into a golden bird in order to sing for eternity "of what is past, or passing, or to come." That poem begins by declaring "That is no country for old men" to explain why he now journeyed to the titular Eastern city. This poet states that "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold" in a poem which relies on the symbology of the Sphinx. For ten points, name this poet who wrote "Lapis Lazuli," "Sailing to Byzantium," and "The Second Coming" in his home country of Ireland.
In one poem, this author proclaims that poets rebuild the work of the ancients, and that poets, like Hamlet and King Lear, are gay.
William Butler {Yeats}