How does the time of year in “The Wild Swans at Coole” by William Butler Yeats reflect the speaker’s place in life? Autumn is a time of action and movement. Autumn is a symbol of great wealth. Autumn is a symbol of advancing age. Autumn is a time for indoor activities.
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The poet was fifty-one years old when he wrote the poem ‘The Wild Swans at Coole’. In the poem, he sees himself pass through the beautiful, energetic, younger years, symbolised by the autumn season into the ‘twilight’ when life slows down and gradually shows the way to death’s door.
The swans that he sees in his younger years and the ones he sees in his later years, retain their beauty. It symbolises the beauty of nature which remains unchanged. It is only the human life that undergoes transformation.
The poem is written by Irish poet, William Butler Yeats (1865 – 1939).
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The answer would be: Autumn is a symbol of advancing age.
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