A Coat

Portrait of William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats 1865–1939

I made my song a coat Covered with embroideries Out of old mythologies From heel to throat; But he fools caught it, Wore it in the world's eyes As though they'd wrought it. Song, let them take it, For there's more enterprise In walking naked.

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  1. Chris Lane Ireland

    To tell the truth like this took courage,lets hope the message was received.

  2. wafa Morocco

    analysis a poem

    analysis of a coat by yeats

  3. Katherine United States

    This poem was how his style of writing poetry had changed. That he used to write about the folklore of Ireland and how he'd make it detailed and fully of symbolism. Later in life he started to concentrate more on the "rhyme and cadence, at form and style"

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