| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION | 第10-19页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to W.B. Yeats and His Poems | 第10-14页 |
| 1.2 Introduction to“The Symbolism of Poetry” | 第14-16页 |
| 1.3 Thesis Statement and Structure | 第16-19页 |
| CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW | 第19-28页 |
| 2.1 Studies Abroad | 第19-25页 |
| 2.2 Studies at Home | 第25-28页 |
| CHAPTER III THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第28-38页 |
| 3.1 A New Criticism Approach to the Understanding of Poetry | 第28-32页 |
| 3.2 Allen Tate’s“Tension in Poetry” | 第32-38页 |
| CHAPTER IV TENSIONS IN THE BINARY SYMBOLS OF YEATS’S POETRY | 第38-74页 |
| 4.1 The Binary Symbols of East and West | 第38-51页 |
| 4.1.1 The Symbols in“Sailing to Byzantium” | 第38-46页 |
| 4.1.2 The Symbols in“The Second Coming” | 第46-51页 |
| 4.2 The Binary Symbols of Terror and Beauty | 第51-62页 |
| 4.2.1The Symbols in“Easter, 1916” | 第51-58页 |
| 4.2.2 The Symbols in“Leda and The Swan” | 第58-62页 |
| 4.3 The Binary Symbols of Youth and Age | 第62-70页 |
| 4.3.1 Yeats’s Early Contemplation on Youth and Age | 第62-64页 |
| 4.3.2 The Manifesto of Transition:“A Coat” | 第64-65页 |
| 4.3.3 The Symbols in“The Fisherman” | 第65-70页 |
| 4.4 The Tensions in These Binary Symbols as Introductions to the Themes | 第70-74页 |
| 4.4.1 The Extensions in the Binary Symbols of Yeats’s Poems | 第71-72页 |
| 4.4.2 The Intensions in the Binary Symbols of Yeats’s Poems | 第72-74页 |
| CHAPTER V CONCLUSION | 第74-77页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第77-80页 |
