Abstract

W.B Yeats is considered one of the greatest poets of the late 19th and the early 20th century, and he is still celebrated even in this prosaic and scientific age. He enjoyed a considerable place among the literary figures of his contemporary age. Many of his poems represent women’snature and embody his own attitude towards them. It is very difficult to comprehend his real attitude towards women, for he blows hot and cold in his views regarding women. However, this essay attempts to explore Yeats’s attitudes towards female’s role in society and restrictions of female potential in some of his poems.

Key words: Poetry, W. B. Yeats, women, restriction