William Butler Yeats Ally and Mariah

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  • Birth Date

    Birth Date

    William Yeats was born in Dublin, Sandy Mount, Ireland. His parents are John Butler Yeats and Susan Pollexfen.
  • Moving Time

    Moving Time

    Yeats and his family left their home, to move to, London, England. He spent his summers in Ireland.
  • Growing up

    Growing up

    William Yeats grew up and graduated from a independent secondary school, in Dublin.
  • College

    College

    William attended college at NCAD, for art and design.
  • First Poem

    First Poem

    Yeats' first poem "Mosada, a dramatic poem"
  • Irish Theatre

    Irish Theatre

    Lady Gregory and him found the Irish theatre. In 1887, his dramatic production outweighed his poetry.
  • Meeting Maude Gonne

    Meeting Maude Gonne

    Yeats met a women and he was in love with her, but when he asked Maude Gonne to marry him serval times, and she refused every time.
  • Rhymers Club

    Rhymers Club

    "Tragic Generation" was released with was two anthologies, formed in London.
  • Dublin's Theatre Reopens

    Dublin's Theatre Reopens

    Dublin Abbey's theatre reopened in 1904 after a wealthy sponsor paid for the renovations.
  • Yeats and Masks

    Yeats and Masks

    Yeats introduced the importance of masks in a simple poem in 1910.
  • Yeats Begins to Experiment

    Yeats Begins to Experiment

    In 1916, Yeats began to study being a playwright. The plays were represented as "plays for dancers."
  • Love

    Love

    William Yeats marries Georgie Hyde-Lees in 1917.
  • Senate

    Senate

    In 1922, Yeats was elected the first Irish senate, and he is late reelected in 1925.
  • Nobel Prize

    Nobel Prize

    In 1923, William Yeats, got his first Nobel Prize because his poetry was so inspirational.
  • Death Date

    Death Date

    Yeats died in January, of 1965, in Roquebrune Cap Martin, France.