• He Wishes His Beloved Were Dead by W.B Yeats

  • May 9 2025
  • Length: 20 mins
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He Wishes His Beloved Were Dead by W.B Yeats

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  • W.B. Yeats’s He Wishes His Beloved Were Dead stands out as an unusual take on the Gothic tradition, subverting its typical themes of mourning a lost lover or yearning for a love that has already slipped into death. Instead of lamenting a beloved who has died, the speaker disturbingly expresses a wish for his beloved to die—not out of cruelty, but from a twisted longing to finally experience the depth of her love in the stillness and silence of the grave. So, let's dive into that!

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