The Importance Of Lady Gregory To Yeats

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The Importance of Lady Gregory to Yeats. W.B. Yeats was a man who seeked ideology he believed in a the perfect life, and he struggled often with the notion that it was beyond his reach. Yeats had high goals and used writing to express different thoughts and emotions. But Yeats was not perfect himself. He lacked courage. He had little self confidence and socially he was very uncomfortable with those who hadn´t the same interests as he. He was weak and troubled in his love life. He was a dreamer..He loved nature and wanted to help with the Independence of Ireland. He yearned for stability. When Yeats met Lady Augusta Gregory he met a mature and wise woman. Lady Gregory had a lot of life experience., She was a plain lady but very decisive, she had a reputation for being a lady who could get things done. At the time Lady Gregory was already learning Irish and was in contact with the Irish peasants. She was increasingly interested in the well being of the the Irish nation and the Celtic revival. Yeats interested her. He accepted her offer to introduce him to Irish fairy stories that she collected from her tenants. This was to be the start of a lifelong friendship and a great influence on Yeats career. Lady Gregory to Yeats was the stability that he had been lacking. Yeats found in Lady Gregory someone who he could trust. She had the same interests in Irish culture and Irish Celtic Revival as he had.. She could speak the Irish language and could help him in his works. He took her into his confidence and told her about his troubled early life and his infatuation with Maud Gonne . She released him from his worries. Gregory became a mentor and confidante for Yeats. Yeats spent a lot of time with Lady Gregory at her residence at Coole, and this for him was like a second home. Here he produced some of his most popular poetry - Wild Swans, Coole Park and Seven

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