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“O bid me mount and sail up there Amid the cloudy wrack, For Peg and Meg and Paris' love That had so straight a back, Are gone away, and some that stay Have changed their silk for sack.” quote by W.B. Yeats
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““O bid me mount and sail up there Amid the cloudy wrack, For Peg and Meg and Paris' love That had so straight a back, Are gone away, and some that stay Have changed their silk for sack.””

W.B. Yeats

About This Quote

This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.

The speaker laments loss of loved ones and the harshness of life, contrasting noble love with material hardship.

In simple terms: Loss and hardship are contrasted with past love.

Key Takeaway

Cherish love, recognize life's hardships.

Themes

loss hardship love memory

Mood

melancholic reflective

Type

poetic literary

When to use this quote

  • grief
  • family bereavement
  • economic struggle
  • reflection on past relationships

Key Concepts

romanticism realism social critique

Questions to Reflect On

  • How do you honor lost loved ones?
  • What comforts you in hardship?
A Different Perspective

The poem may romanticize loss, overlooking resilience.

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