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[1] 2 Comment 20 of 20, added on November 7th, 2009 at 9:14 PM. Ehnjuhxr comment3 Ehnjuhxr from Canada Comment 19 of 20, added on November 7th, 2009 at 4:12 PM. Xgzgnlco comment6 Xgzgnlco from Bolivia Comment 18 of 20, added on November 7th, 2009 at 10:46 AM. Pacugbvo comment5 Pacugbvo from Chile Comment 17 of 20, added on November 7th, 2009 at 5:25 AM. Bslcoyno comment2 Bslcoyno from Bangladesh Comment 16 of 20, added on November 6th, 2009 at 6:59 PM. Qqsjgpks comment2 Qqsjgpks from Sri Lanka Comment 15 of 20, added on November 6th, 2009 at 2:06 PM. Jwwlcoiz comment4 Jwwlcoiz from Tonga Comment 14 of 20, added on November 6th, 2009 at 3:46 AM. Phluitmb comment5 Phluitmb from Chile Comment 13 of 20, added on November 5th, 2009 at 10:47 PM. Hhnpiuqw comment1 Hhnpiuqw from Uganda Comment 12 of 20, added on November 5th, 2009 at 5:45 PM. Hlavkgyd comment6 Hlavkgyd from Lesotho Comment 11 of 20, added on May 3rd, 2009 at 11:32 AM. In a eight-verse poem, Yeats succeeds in telling the birth and blossoming of love and its brutal termination. The Salley Gardens appears as the craddle of love, for that is where the narrator and his love interest meet. The love described here is transcient and so very brief because of the youth of the young man who seems unable to handle the 'carpe diem' quality ofthis relationship. As he said,'being young and foolish' he doesn't have what it takes to make this relationship lasts and he ends up with a broken heart. Yeats' s genius resides in his capacity to deal with really profound subjects in a short form. Melly from France This poem has been commented on more than 10 times. Click below to see the other comments. [1] 2

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Poet: William Butler Yeats Poem: Down By The Salley Gardens Volume: Crossways Year: 1889 Added: Feb 20 2003 Viewed: 5495 times

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Down By The Salley Gardens Volume: Crossways Year: 1889 Last read: Nov 6 2009, 12:08PM Viewed 5495 times. Added: Feb 20 2003

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