Yes ~ a poet. . Or "the greatest poet of our time". William butler years (1865-1939), an Irish poet and playwright, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923. The reason for winning the Nobel Prize is: "Because his poems are always full of inspiration-it shows the spirit of the whole nation through exquisite artistic forms." As one of the leaders of Irish Renaissance at the beginning of this century and the main representative of English symbolism poetry in the later period, Ye Zhi had a great influence on the development of modern English poetry. Eliot called him "the greatest poet of our time". Ye Zhi's poems, especially those in his later period, pay attention to absorbing materials from people's lives, honing language and absorbing the advantages of literary poetry, which increases the philosophical nature of his works and further develops symbolism. His works have three major factors: realism, symbolism and philosophy, and have achieved high artistic achievements, which is a sign of his mature creation. William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats (1865 ~ 1939), also known as "Ye Zhi" and "Yates", is an Irish poet, playwright, a famous mystic, the leader of the Irish Renaissance, and one of the founders of Abbey Theatre, and is praised as "the most contemporary" by the poet Eliot. Ye Zhi was also interested in drama and wrote 26 plays.