Four Years

"Four Years" by W.B. Yeats is an autobiographical story set in the late 1800s, sharing pivotal moments from 1887 to 1891 that shaped the author's life through encounters with famous creators during his artistic journey. The story starts with a young Yeats looking back at his family's move from Dublin to the calmer Bedford Park in London, finding himself drawn into its Pre-Raphaelite art scene. He remembers a mix of missing his childhood, dreaming of art, and feeling let down by the shifting world and art styles; early chapters explore his connections with artists and thinkers like W. E. Henley and Oscar Wilde as Yeats developed his identity as a poet in a lively, but chaotic, cultural time.