This week in class, we’re reading “When You Are Old” by William Butler Yeats. In William Butler Yeat’s “When You Are Old,” a speaker asks someone to reflect on their life and on lost love in their old age. As we read, we will be discussing the themes of Growing Up, Loneliness & Isolation, and Love…

This week in class, we’re reading “The Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats. In this famous poem, William Butler Yeats paints a terrifying, apocalyptic scene in order to describe the atmosphere of Europe following World War I. As we read, we will be discussing the themes of Technology, Progress & Industry and War & Peace…

This week in class, we’re reading “Easter 1916” by William Butler Yeats. “Easter 1916” is a famous poem by William Butler Yeats that deals with themes of war and loss of innocence. Although Yeats was an Irish nationalist, in the poem he describes conflicting emotions about the Easter Rising, an armed rebellion against British rule…

This week in class, we’re reading “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner. William Faulkner (1897-1962) was an American writer and Nobel Prize laureate. This story takes place in Mississippi around the turn of the 20th century. After the death of Miss Emily Grierson, the people of Jefferson, Mississippi, uncover a dark history in this…