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The Second Coming. By William Butler Yeats. Turning and turning in the widening gyre. The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere. The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
A poem that explores the apocalyptic atmosphere of post-World War I Europe with symbolism and imagery. Learn about the poem's structure, themes, symbols, and historical context with a line-by-line commentary and a PDF guide.
Learn about the famous poem "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats, written in 1919 after World War I. Explore its themes, imagery, symbols, poetic devices, and historical and literary context.
"The Second Coming" is a poem written by Irish poet W. B. Yeats in 1919, first printed in The Dial in November 1920 and included in his 1921 collection of verses Michael Robartes and the Dancer. The poem uses Christian imagery regarding the Apocalypse and Second Coming to describe allegorically the atmosphere of post-war Europe . [2]
A famous poem by Yeats that depicts the chaos and violence of the modern world and the coming of a mysterious beast. The poem uses symbolism, imagery and allusion to express the poet's vision of the apocalypse and the end of an era.
Jan 11, 2016 · A poem that prophesies a new and different Second Coming after the chaos of the First World War and the fall of empires. Learn about the gyre metaphor, the Spiritus Mundi, the Sphinx image, and the wordplay in this modernist masterpiece.
A poem by William Butler Yeats that describes the world on the brink of an apocalyptic revelation and a new age. The poem uses mystical symbols, such as a sphinx and a falcon, to express the contrast between the old and the new orders.
