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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the reason Yeats chose the color white for his poems. It might be said that the five main themes that run through all of Yeats poems are the guest for an idea world, a recognition of the actual world and prophecy of future, the limitation of human life, and loneliness and pride as a poet. In addition, the color white is often related to a fairyland, his idea land, or the beauty of woman in his several poems. For example, in “The Wanderings of Oisin,” and “The Rose,” poems which belong to ones of Yeats’ early poems, the color ‘white’ represents an idea world, Maud Gonne’s beauty, and Ireland. He describes her beauty as the color white. In “The White Birds,” his hopes for the real world of sorrow is represented as the color white. “Among School Children”, one of his later poems, not only symbolizes the harmony of body and soul but also reflects Yeats’ persistent opinion as the color white. Therefore, the author has found the color white contributes deeply to representing his poetic themes and making his several poems have a stronger connotation.
