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'The Song of the Wandering Aengus' - by WB Yeats (S1E12) My Poetry Readings with Declan Walsh
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About the Poem'The Song of the Wandering Aengus' is told from the point of view of an old man who, at some point in his past, had a fantastical experience in which a silver trout fish he had caught and laid on the floor turned into a "glimmering girl" who called him by his name, then vanished; he became infatuated with her, and remains devoted to finding her again. It has been claimed that the poem's story is based on the Irish god Aengus, and specifically the story of the "Dream o...
About the Poem'The Song of the Wandering Aengus' is told from the point of view of an old man who, at some point in his past, had a fantastical experience in which a silver trout fish he had caught and laid on the floor turned into a "glimmering girl" who called him by his name, then vanished; he became infatuated with her, and remains devoted to finding her again. It has been claimed that the poem's story is based on the Irish god Aengus, and specifically the story of the "Dream o...
9 min