William Butler Yeats is a poet of many words and of few. In the poem “He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven,” Yeats uses few words, but still convey’s an in-depth concept using symbolism. The peome “He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven,” is about being in love and possibly his lover.

In the first stanza Yeats is writing about the beauty of love. He describes heaven embroidered cloths in detail. If the cloths were from heaven it would give them a “god-like” quality, making them the most beautiful thing any human has seen. The use of the colors gold and silver represent items that are expensive and can be rare. The color blue can also represent royalty. Being from royalty would place one above the common people and they would be at the top of the social class. The word “clothsl” in this poem is symbolism for love, and how he views love. A beautiful thing of value and that is rare.

In the second stanza Yeats describes giving these rare and valuable cloths away to the one he loves. He brings the second stanza into a reality by stating that he is poor and only has his dreams. Yeats dream represents the dream of love and what he would offerhis love if he could obtain it. He asks this person he loves to consider his dreams and to tread softly on his dreams. He asks this hoping that his love will consider what he is offering and not bring down his dreams.

From this poem I picked up a sense of love divided by socail class standing. A man whose dreams are unobtainable under his circumstances, but whose dreams allow him to convey to his love his wants and desires.