A Dialogue of Self and Soul

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That toil of growing up;
The ignominy of boyhood; the distress
Of boyhood changing into man;
The unfinished man and his pain.

W.B. Yeats

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Topic

Growing up

Author

W.B. Yeats

Source

A Dialogue of Self and Soul

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "A Dialogue of Self and Soul." The Winding Stair and Other Poems. The Macmillan Company, 1933, pt. 2, st. 1.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "A Dialogue of Self and Soul." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008.