SOURCE: "The Poetry of W. B. Yeats," in Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 6, No. 1, April 1960, pp. 3-24.
In the following excerpt, Winters criticizes selections from The Collected Poems, finding fault with many aspects of them including Yeats's philosophy, his use of symbolism, his elevated style, and the rhythm of his lines.
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