Sailing to Byzantium, comparing the intelligence of a person to physical advantages of body.

Emphasis on intelligence Playing card games, reading novels, and keeping updated with current affairs are all actions my Great Grandmother of 96 years, does to keep her intellectual being in tact. Physically her body is old, but mentally, she is a very intelligent and prudent lady. This common trend with old people is seen in the poem, "Sailing to Byzantium", written by William Butler Yeats. Just like my grandmother, Yeats does not consider the body very …

…the fact he has finally arrived in Byzantium.William Butler Yeats's, "Sailing to Byzantium", is a classic poem that was set up so meticulously, that each word is put in place for a reason. This was used to create Yeat's emphasis on the intellectual being, and not the outer body. "Of what is past, or passing, or to come"(Yeats 32). Yeats succeeded in creating a soothing yet uplifting poem, that this quotation so vividly highlights