Hannah Sullivan reads W. B. Yeats' "An Irish Airman foresees his Death"

W. B. Yeats' poem “An Irish Airman foresees his Death,” as read by Hannah Sullivan. Part of the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation's Read By series of poetry films.
Directed by Matthew Thompson and produced in collaboration with Poetry Ireland.
Learn more about Sullivan and Yeats and explore more poetry at www.brinkerhof....

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What a poem, so beautiful🥺

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Thank you!

[@jeffreyanthony6628]

I love the line, 'A lonely impulse of delight/Drove to this tumult in the clouds.' Isn't that the essence of the tragic nature of the human condition? We like to wrap ourselves in grand notions of nation, duty, brotherhood; but in the end, we are all seeking tumult in our particular balance-'In balance with this life, this death.' The past and future exist in the mindful actions of the present, where the transcendental and the material are not separate but one.

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What a lovely reading of this poem! Thank you so much for sharing it.

[@vishwajitsingh0211]

beautiful.

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Thank you!

[@Elven_Star]

Lovely as always. Thanks.

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