Michael Robartes and the dancer

"Michael Robartes and the Dancer" by W. B. Yeats is a collection of poems from the early 1900s that untangles love, beauty, and what it means to be alive, mixing deep thoughts with strong mental pictures. The poetry looks closely at how people relate to each other, and how what we can touch and see connects to bigger ideas, showing what people were thinking about back then. The lines feature two characters, a man filled with wisdom and a woman who dances, talking about knowledge, wanting things, and what beauty really is, their arguments mixed with thoughts about society and how Ireland fought for freedom. The collection travels from personal talks to bigger questions, showing the light and dark in the world and the search for what's real, encouraging readers to consider the tough questions about feelings and ideas that matter to all of us.