statesman who made a tremendous contribution in the revival of Irish Literature. He was also awarded with Nobel Prize forgftfa4ewdfecsd literature in 1923. My gadsgasdgGrandfather”, is an extract from his autobiography “Redsggadsgdsgeagveries oversdgfarst4ew Childhood and Youth”. In this piece of literature Yeats recollects his memories of his maternal grandfather, William Pollexfen. ADSGFAFDSGBFDSBFDSHGARESGREHBFSG
The writer recollects numerous incidents of his childhood.
He remembers sitting upon his grandfather s’ knee and looking out of the window. He often remained sad in his childhood and it was due to his loneliness and fear of his grandfather. Though his grandfather had never been harsh and cruel to him yet it was a tradition to be afraid of him and to respect him. The writer often thought that he was wicked and prayed for his death but when he thought that he might die, he prayed for life.
The grandfather belonged to an old Cornish family and his
father was in army who became the owner of some ships after his retirement. His mother was a Vexford woman. The writer grandfather was the only son of his parents; therefore, he had no relations. . He was very strong fellow and had great physical strength. .
He had a reputation of never ordering anyone to do
anything which he himself could not do . Once there was a problem in the rudder of the ship. He asked the crew to go down to remove the problem but no one was ready to go into the water as it was very cold.
The grandfather himself dived into the water and
removed the problem. He was a man of hot temperament. He always had a hatchet with him in case of any thief or burglar. Instead of going to law, he would knock a man down.