Easter, 1916 Resources

If you're a big Yeats fan, these are the people you want to make friends with.

In case you didn't know, Yeats had some pretty wacky ideas about how the universe worked. This site is dedicated to explaining just what those ideas were.

If you get bored of the harp music, scroll ahead to 1:09 in the video to hear the poem being read by Anthony Hopkins.

You might not know who this guy is, but he sure knows how to read him some Yeats.

Since it's the poem we've been studying, why not check out a video reading of it?

This is one of Yeats' most famous poems, so you best respect. Plus his voice is just plain awesome.

Another great poem by Yeats. Because you know, we're all gonna' get old some day.

As you can tell from "Easter, 1916," Yeats had his own take on political stuff. If you want to know more about it, check out this great radio documentary.

Here's a picture of Yeats in his younger years. How about them glasses? And that carefully disheveled hair?

Here's a pic of an older Yeats, who more or less looks the same as he did when he was young.

Here's a shot of the aftermath of the Easter Uprising. Not exactly your typical family holiday.

Check out what the New York Times thinks of Yeats – not only as a poet, but as a person

Here's a nice tribute to the way that Yeats could never really bring himself to stop writing, even as he got really old and frail.

Check out this article for an interesting look at the many different roles Yeats took on during his lifetime.

You know, 'cause the old one is too old now.

After all, what are we except the images that we present to the people around us?

This title totally begs the question, "Who was the first romantic?"