Poetry Analysis: “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death”

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to lose. And, that nothing would make the Irish forget the war. They would never be as happy as they were before they fought. Yeats’ then writes “Nor law, nor duty bade me fight, Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,” which was portraying that the Irish were not forced to fight, but it was a custom for a country to fight for there motherland. The pilot then recognizes that the war was just chaos in the sky, and begins to think about his life. He then realizes that he has not lead a very fulfilling life, and does not have a long future because death is probable.
This poem was a perfect illustration of Yeats’ use of symbolism. He clearly is a visionary poet, who uses allusions to there fullest capability. The way he says one thing to mean another earned him the reputation of a great poet, which categorizes him in a league with the worlds best such as Rilke, and T.S. ...

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