How does Yeats' transition in his works get described?

How does Yeats' transition in his works get described?

• A. Early verses were lyrical, but later became realistic, symbolic, and apocalyptic
• B. Early verses were narrative ballads, later remained purely romantic
• C. He started with epic verse and moved to sonnets
• D. He remained consistent in style throughout

Answer: (A)

Yeats’s poetry moves from a lyric, personal expression to a mode that relies on dense symbolism drawn from myth, history, and occult ideas, often with a prophetic or apocalyptic edge. In his early verses the emphasis is on musicality, feeling, and intimate observation, but as his artistry matures he uses symbolic imagery to explore larger cultural and spiritual concerns. That shift is clearly visible in his later work, where poems and poems-sequences function primarily as symbols toward broader meanings rather than straightforward narrative or romantic depiction. So the description that the early lyristic mode gave way to a later blend of realistic (in the sense of grounded observation), symbolic, and apocalyptic writing best captures his transition.

Yeats’s poetry moves from a lyric, personal expression to a mode that relies on dense symbolism drawn from myth, history, and occult ideas, often with a prophetic or apocalyptic edge. In his early verses the emphasis is on musicality, feeling, and intimate observation, but as his artistry matures he uses symbolic imagery to explore larger cultural and spiritual concerns. That shift is clearly visible in his later work, where poems and poems-sequences function primarily as symbols toward broader meanings rather than straightforward narrative or romantic depiction. So the description that the early lyristic mode gave way to a later blend of realistic (in the sense of grounded observation), symbolic, and apocalyptic writing best captures his transition.