ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The title of the poem ‘The Second Coming’ is taken from?
A
The Bible
B
The Irish mythology
C
The German mythology
D
The Greek mythology
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The title “The Second Coming” is taken from the Christianity prophesy from the book of revelation that the world will end through a series of events and eventually Christ will come back to rule over the earth. This article tries to explain how the poem has the most allusions to World War I.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Second Coming, poem by William Butler Yeats, first printed in The Dial (November 1920) and published in his collection of verse entitled Michael Robartes and the Dancer (1921).

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Yeats used the phrase “the second birth” instead of “the Second Coming” in his first drafts. The poem is also connected to the 1918–1919 flu pandemic.

Detailed explanation-5: -The allusions are found in the title “The Second Coming” and in using “beast, ” which both are located in the Hebrew Bible (21). In the book of Revelations the second coming is when Satan is unleashed to rule to rule the world. The book branded as apocalyptic manuscript alludes to the beast as well.

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