We sat grown quiet at the name of love; We saw the last embers of daylight die, And in the trembling blue-green of the sky A moon, worn as if it had been a shell Washed by time's waters as they rose and fell About the stars and broke in days and years.

MEG – 01: BRITISH POETRY

ASSIGNMENT 2018 - 2019

(Based on Blocks (1 - 9)

          Max. Marks: 100

2.

          We sat grown quiet at the name of love;
We saw the last embers of daylight die,And in the trembling blue-green of the skyA moon, worn as if it had been a shell Washed by time's waters as they rose and fell About the stars and broke in days and years.

These lines are taken from the poem ‘Adam’s Curse’ written by  William Butler Yeats. In the poem, Yeats describes the difficulty of creating something beautiful. The title alludes to the book of Genesis, evoking the fall of man and the separation of work and pleasure.

‘Adam’s Curse’ remains an important instance for a departure in Yeats's poetic career, an awareness of the actual world with its unpoetic responsibilities and political conflicts. It hovers between the earlier languorous idiom and rhythm and a new conversational, even witty tone disguising a sub-text of emotional yearning and disillusionment. Written in 1902, before the marriage of Maud Gonne to Major John MacBride, the whole poem is a controlled expression of Yeat’s futile love for her.

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