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Analysis and comments on A Prayer For My Daughter by William Butler Yeats
Comment 3 of 3, added on May 15th, 2006 at 11:34 AM. I like this pome so much because it talke about hopis and wish father forhis daughter. muna from Oman Comment 2 of 3, added on December 10th, 2005 at 12:30 AM. why wiuld he use 2 examples of grrek legerd and how does this reinforce the meaning tafool from Oman Comment 1 of 3, added on August 29th, 2005 at 7:52 AM. In the first paragraph,Yeats mentions the birth of his daughter in troubled times(he is refering to the political movement against the cultural influences of English rule in Ireland during the Victorian period). By "half hid under this cradle-hood and coverlid", Yeats is saying that in her innocence she is unaware of the bad times and is hidden from the tragedies of life. Samvida Nanda from India

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Poet: William Butler Yeats Poem: A Prayer For My Daughter Volume: Michael Robartes and the Dancer Year: 1921 Added: Feb 20 2003 Viewed: 5889 times Poem of the Day: Jul 4 2003

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A Prayer For My Daughter Volume: Michael Robartes and the Dancer Year: 1921 Last read: Jul 15 2008, 11:38AM Poem of the Day: Jul 4 2003 Viewed 5889 times. Added: Feb 20 2003

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