Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Edward Moran

  • From “The Sad Shepherd” by W.B. Yeats

    Nuka GbafahDublin, Ireland In his poem, Yeats portrays the load of depression weighing upon a desolate shepherd and his bid to find compassion and comfort in the inanimate world. We are not being told whether he is dispirited because of the isolation of his vocation, or has he chosen his profession to cater to a…