Narrator
Choose your voice
Audio Volume
Image Generator
WB Yeats
William Butler Yeats was born in 1865 in Sandymount, Ireland. From a young age, he was fascinated by Irish mythology and folklore, and spent much of his childhood exploring the countryside and studying the local legends. He began writing poetry at the age of 14, and by the time he was in his early 20s, he had already published several collections of verse.