LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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W.B. Yeats
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T.S. Eliot
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Frost
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Auden
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Detailed explanation-1: -"The Second Coming” is a poem that was 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The poem was written in January 1919 and published 100 years ago this month. With its wealth of memorable lines, it is one of the most oft-quoted poems of the 20th century.
Detailed explanation-3: -Yeats began “The Second Coming” during the tense, eventful month of January 1919. The first world war was barely over and the Russian Revolution, which dismayed him, still unfolding, while another war was brewing on his doorstep.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: The main theme of “The Second Coming” is apocalypse. The overall tone of the poem is one of foreboding, chaos, and loneliness, which supports the theme of the end of the world.