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A poet writes always of his personal life , his finest work out of its tragedy , whatever it be , remorse , lost love , or mere loneliness ; he never speaks directly as to someone at the breakfast table , there is always phantasmoria. Dante and Milton had mythologies , Shakespeare the characters of English histories - William Butler. Yeats  
   
 

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W. B. Yeats ( 1865 - 1936 ). Irish poet and playwright . He helped to found the Rhymers' Club , the Irish Literary Society of Dublin , Abbey theatre and Ireland's national theatre. A Senator of the Irish Free State . His works include Crossways ( 1880 ), The Rose ( 1893 ) , The Wind Among The Reeds ( 1899 ), In the Seven Woods ( 1904 ) , The Green Helmet ( 1910 ) , Responsibilities ( 1914 ) , The Wild Swans at Cool ( 1919 ) , The Tower ( 1928 ) , Last Poems ( 1936-1939 ) among poetry and critical works with prose . He received Noble prize for Literature ( 1923 ).

 
 
 
   
 
 
 

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My case is neither unique nor exceptional: from the Symbolist period, all modern poets have chased after that magnetic and elusive figure that fascinates them.- Octavio Paz  
   
 

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Octavia Paz ( 1914 - 1993 ) . Born in Mexico and founded a literary review , Taller.  Later founded the influential magazine Plural .Joined Mexican diplomatic service. His posting to Paris formed friendship with Andre Breton . He was appointed Ambassador to India ( 1962 ) . His works include Collected Poems , Labyrinth of Solitude , On Poets And Others .From the IN SEARCH OF THE PRESENT. Nobel Lecture, December 8, 1990 . Translated by Anthony Stanton From Nobel Lectures, Literature ( 1981-1990 ).

 
 

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