Answer prompt below and answer the questions in 3-4 pages, MLA format.
Eternal life and our place in society is an ancient concept; we ask what and where we will be at the end. Is it worth it in the end, W.B. Yeats asks in “Sailing to Byzantium” following his 62nd birthday. It is deeply religious, mortal, and existential.
1. Discuss the poem as a spiritual journey toward immortality; how does he interpret death, and hope to transcend it?
2. What is the role and power of art to the speaker?
3. Analyze the significance of this quote: “Consume my heart away… gather me into the artifice of eternity.” (Lines 21-24).
Use excerpts from the text and at least one outside source to support your argument.
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