By Peter TobinIf you're studying the poetry of WB Yeats for the Leaving Cert, this podcast is for you!
Having already recorded very popular podcasts on Othello, Macbeth & Emily Dickinson, we've teamed up once again with Leaving Cert English teacher, Peter Tobin. This time to bring you a podcast about the poetry of WB Yeats.
Listen to Peter as he takes a deep dive into the life and works of Yeats, giving thoughtful analysis on the themes and poetic style
Peter looks at each of the 10 poems by Yeats that feature on the Leaving Cert English syllabus. There are timecodes listed below so you can only listen to the analysis of the poems you're covering.
We recommend having each poem to hand while you listen to the podcast. You can find all of these poems by looking them up on Google.
Peter Tobin has his own Youtube Channel where he regularly uploads free and brilliant content covering the Leaving Cert English course - we can't recommend enough that you check him out and hit subscribe to get updates on the new videos he makes.
Have a listen below, or wherever you get your podcasts!
Or you can watch it below:
Timecodes:
1:56 - Yeat's Biography
11:13 - Influences
14:36 - Lake Isle of Innisfree
16:29 - September 1913
19:17 - The Wild Swans of Coole
21:20 - Easter, 1916
24:49 - An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
27:12 - Sailing to Byzantium
29:49 - The Second Coming
32:11 - From Meditations In Time Of Civil War
34:32 - In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz
36:46 - Swifts Epitaph
39:08 - Politics
40:26 - Under Ben Bulben (Parts 5 & 6)
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With of 10 years of experience teaching english and having corrected state exams, Peter knows a thing or two about how to succeed in your LC English exam. He now teaches in Cork Educate Together Secondary School and helps to create our LC English video and podcast content.