ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -In William Butler Yeats’ poem “Among School Children” the poet famously asks “How can we know the dancer from the dance"? Many interpret this line as an observation that some creative acts are so intimately connected to the artist who created them that separating the two is almost impossible.

Detailed explanation-2: -The title refers to the Second Coming of Christ, as predicted in the Book of Revelation in the New Testament of the Bible. This book, also known as the Apocalypse, is one of the strangest, most violent parts of the Bible.

Detailed explanation-3: -blank verse, unrhymed iambic pentameter, the preeminent dramatic and narrative verse form in English and also the standard form for dramatic verse in Italian and German.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Irish backdrop to ‘The Second Coming’ can be traced back to 1916 when Yeats described himself as deeply moved by the Rising, but also “very despondent about the future.” As things developed, he saw Ireland drifting into a dangerous condition with “wild bloods” in the ascendant.