A Coat : Summary
A Coat is a notable literary work by William Butler Yeats. A complete discussion of this literary work is given, which will help you enhance your literary skills and prepare for the exam. Read the Main texts, Key info, Summary, Themes, Characters, Literary devices, Quotations, Notes, to various questions of A Coat.
Summary
In this poem, the poet sees all the literary works of his life as a coat. According to the poet, his literary works are a cloth-like coat, which deals in large areas. People in coats do this in large fields. Mythological references are drawn in this poem. That is, some old stories are arranged. These stories have been proven false, yet they still deserve to be considered in the present day. Other poets and politicians have taken Yeats’ literary work as a coat of arms and carried it on under their own names. They pretended that they had made it themselves. But in fact, they are misusing the works of Yeats. Seeing this, the poet says, he has no problem with it. It doesn’t matter to him. Seeing others see this, Kabir’s anger disappears and he takes off his coat and starts walking.