在诗歌的创作过程中,捕捉生活中美的意象是诗歌创作构思不可缺少的重要符号元素之一。意象不仅能够作为解密诗歌的钥匙,而且还能够对作者内心丰富的情感世界作出探寻。在爱尔兰现代著名诗人叶芝的作品中,常常运用意象来简明描述真切的情感。因此,本文通过简要介绍叶芝诗歌创作的情感阶段,对叶芝诗歌中的悲剧意象进行详细分析,并通过叶芝的《当你老了》作品呈现出悲剧意象。在叶芝的诗歌中,悲剧意象作为创作的主题,既让人意蕴深远,又让人难以理解。探究诗歌的悲剧意象是深入 In the process of poetry creation, capturing the image of life in the United States is one of the most important symbolic elements indispensable to the idea of ​​poetry creation. Imagery can not only be the key to decipher poetry, but also explore the author’s rich emotional world. In the works of the famous Irish modern poet Yeats, often use the image to describe the true feelings concise. Therefore, by briefly introducing the sentiment stage of Yeats’ poetry creation, this article analyzes the tragedy images in Yeats’ poetry in detail and presents a tragedy image through Yeats’ work “When You Are Old”. In Yeats’ poetry, the theme of tragedy as a creative theme not only implies profound meaning but also makes it hard to understand. Exploring the tragedy image of poetry is in-depth