NCERT Book Class 12 English (kaleidoscope) Poetry 6 The Wild Swans of Coole

6 The Wild Swans at Coole W.B. Yeats was an Irish poet, dramatist and mystic. He was one of the driving forces behind the Irish Literary Revival, and was co-founder of the Abbey Theatre. He was awarded the Nobel Prize W.B.Yeats for Literature in 1923. 1865-1939 The trees are in their autumn beauty, A The woodland paths are dry, B Under the October twilight the water C Mirrors a still sky; B Upon the brimming water among the stones D Are nine-and-fifty swans. E The nineteenth autumn has come upon me G Since I first made my count; I saw, before I had well finished, All suddenly mount And scatter wheeling in great broken rings Upon their clamorous wings. I have looked upon those brilliant creatures, And now my heart is sore. All’s changed since I, hearing at twilight, Reprint 2026-27