Written in ottava rima, the speaker reminisces about "the salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas" of his homeland.
Written in ottava rima, the speaker reminisces about "the salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas" of his homeland. There is much bird imagery, including the emperor Theophilus's birds that "Grecian goldsmiths make of hammered gold and gold enameling". The speaker is worn by his age, comparing himself to a scarecrow like "a tattered coat upon a stick", as he seeks a new life in Constantinople. FTP, name this poem by William Butler Yeats containing the line "that is no country for old men".
Written in ottava rima, the speaker reminisces about "the salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas" of his homeland.
{“Sailing to Byzantium”}