The Tower (Annotated)

Published in 1928, The Tower is one of W. B. Yeats's most commanding poetic achievements, gathering poems that confront aging, history, violence, art, and spiritual transformation. Written in a style at once austere, symbolic, and musically incantatory, the collection includes such major works as "Sailing to Byzantium," "Leda and the Swan," and "Among School Children." Its tower, both literal and ...