The Secret RoseAuthor :
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Published : Thursday 18 March 2021
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The Secret Rose (1897) is a collection of poems by W.B. Yeats. Written in response to demands that the poet write â?oa really national poem or romance,â?? The Secret Rose exhibits Yeatsâ?T devotion to personal mythology and occult orders, and is a brilliant display of symbolism by one of Irish literatureâ?Ts premier poets. â?oTo the Secret Roseâ?? opens the collection. The poem, inspired by Yeatsâ?T membership in the Rosicrucian Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, uses symbolism to evoke religion, myth, and history. The â?oFar off, most secret, and inviolate Roseâ?? is an image of utopian longing, an ideal moment the poet awaits, envisions, and longs for. â?oThe Crucifixion of the Outcastâ?? is a parable in which a wandering bard is led by Christian brothers to his execution. As his cross is set in the earth, he offers a portion of his last meal to the beggars who have gathered to watch. When he is nailed to the cross, however, he finds that mercy without humility is a seed that cannot grow. In â?oThe Curse of the Fires and of the Shadows,â?? Puritan soldiers storm an abbey and attack a group of friars. Before he dies, the abbot raises the cross upon the altar, and promises divine vengeance. Immediately afterward, the soldiers are told that two messengers have escaped on horseback to warn and gather the people for a counterattack. The Secret Rose explores themes of faith and persecution while illuminating the proximity of life and myth for a poet whose subject is the soul. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of W.B. Yeatsâ?Ts The Secret Rose is a classic of Irish literature reimagined for modern readers.
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