Politics
In our time the destiny of man presents its meanings in political terms. -- Thomas Mann.
Politics - meaning Summary
Personal Longing Over Politics
Yeats presents a speaker torn between public discourse and private longing. Faced with knowledgeable travellers and politicians discussing war and nations, he finds their arguments credible but irrelevant to his immediate desire for the young woman present. The poem prioritizes personal memory and yearning over abstract political concerns, expressing regret for lost youth and a wish to return to intimate human connection despite the weight of worldly issues.
Read Complete AnalysesHow can I, that girl standing there, My attention fix On Roman or on Russian Or on Spanish politics? Yet here's a travelled man that knows What he talks about, And there's a politician That has read and thought, And maybe what they say is true Of war and war's alarms, But O that I were young again And held her in my arms!
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