Feb/Mar 2006 - I picked this up after hearing some Yeats read on NPR's "Writer's Almanac" by Gerrison Keeler. Some of the biographical information about Yeats, combined with the short bits that were read, seemed to indicate this was one poet I should check out.

This was probably the first time I ever became interested in a Western poet so deeply, and I genuinely enjoyed reading his work - even if some of the historical context was lost on me.

I found myself marking many of his poems for later review - much more than usual. It just seemed like so much stuff was worth additional reflection. This is another book that you can't just read and move on from. Since the breadth and depth of his work goes beyond this one volume, I'd be interested in just about anything else from this writier.