The Song of Wandering Aengus Themes

Let's face it: we've all been love-struck at some point in our lives. We meet that very special someone with their oh-so-cool Nikes or their awesome haircut and we're smitten. "The Song of Wanderin...

If you stayed awake when you read this poem, you probably realized that it has a lot of nature imagery. The speaker meets the "glimmering girl" in a hazel wood. He wanders through hills and valleys...

A fish turns into a girl. That's something that doesn't happen everyday. But this is the transformation at the center of "The Song of Wandering Aengus." The poem is inspired by a story of transform...

Time is hugely important to "The Song of Wandering Aengus." It's a poem about the passage of time, and also about the way that certain moments in time transform our whole lives. The speaker gives u...

"The Song of Wandering Aengus" is a poem about lots of things, but we can't leave out disappointment. Although we're never told whether or not Aengus finds the glimmering girl he's fallen in love w...