THE SYMBOLS OF MAUD GONNE IN W.B. YEATS’S POETRY

Abstract

The muse, the Beatrice, the Laura of the 20th century Irish poet and dramatist W.B. Yeats was the well-known nationalist Maud Gonne whose presence is felt in the love poems of the author. Always being away and alienated from his muse, Yeats identified her with the Rose, goddesses and homeric heroines. The paper examines the many symbols of the muse Maud Gonne, which reflect the features of her character represented in the works of the poet.