Bring on the tough stuff - there’s not just one right answer.
- How does Yeats revise the Celtic myth of Aengus? Why do you think he revises the myth in this way?
- What is the "fire" (2) that is in the speaker's head in the first stanza?
- What does the "glimmering girl" (13) represent in this poem?
- Is this speaker in love, or just obsessed? What's the difference between love and obsession? Does the poem draw a distinction between the two?
- Why is this poem written in three stanzas?