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Thu 10 Sep, 2015 08:19 am
Did Yeats show contempt for those who plagiarize his song?
Context:
I MADE my song a coat
Covered with embroideries
Out of old mythologies
From heel to throat;
But the fools caught it,
Wore it in the world's eyes
As though they'd wrought it.
Song, let them take it,
For there's more enterprise
In walking naked.
-William Butler Yeats
Possibly.
It might also be about incorrect interpretations of his poems.
Here is an explanation, though I found it not very convincing:
Quote:Andile Nozibusiso Mtshali (1/18/2011 3:57:00 AM)
This is actually in response to an argument between Yeats and George Moore who accused Yeats of being a poser and pretending that he was from a higher social order than he really was. So this is Yeats saying he doesn\'t care about his outward appearance and status, he is sloughing it all off, ridding himself of his coat.
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