In the seven essays that comprise Riddled with Light, Mark Sanders explores the development of W.B. Yeats' metaphorical concepts throughout the poet's career, analysing the types of metaphors Yeats used while tracing the impact of specific metaphors on a poem's language, rhythm, metrical and grammatical structures, and form. Individual chapters are devoted to the conceptual metaphors that unify Yeats' work and provide readers with an overreaching arc to make a comprehensive reading of the poet's work as well as a thorough understanding of his poetics.