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Sailing to Byzantium Analysis by Kimberly Duvall is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The poem describes the aging process and desire to find immortality through art and intellect. It contrasts the pleasures of youth with the frailty of old age. The speaker feels their country no longer suits them as an old man and seeks refuge in Byzantium, where they hope sage philosophers can help their soul live on after their body dies. They wish to achieve artistic immortality by becoming a work of eternal art in Byzantium.

Author

Kimberly Duvall

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