THE ARTIFICE OF ETERNITY

Thanks to Reed Johnson's article in the Los Angeles Times last month, I learned that the title No Country for Old Men comes from the opening line of William Butler Yeats's poem Sailing to Byzantium. You can learn more about the poem's composition in a brief video masterclass available at the National Library of Ireland's website, which has a wonderful exhibition titled The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats that I'm going to have to see during my visit to Dublin this summer. The video makes use of images of Yeats's original draft and is a must for those interested in the genesis of a poem that continues to resonate. 

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[Mary Akers]

Cool! I learned something today. :)