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Mere Anarchy is an anthology of essays by Woody Allen. First published on July 5, 2007, by Ebury Press, the book is a collection of 18 tales, 10 of which previously ran in The New Yorker. It was Allen's first collection in 25 years.
- 176 pp.
- Woody Allen
- 5 July 2007
- Ebury Press
A famous poem by Yeats that depicts the chaos and violence of the modern world and the coming of a new age. The phrase "mere anarchy is loosed upon the world" appears in the second stanza as a description of the state of the world.
The Second Coming. 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; The best lack all conviction, while the worst.
A famous poem by William Butler Yeats that depicts the chaos and violence of the modern world. The phrase "mere anarchy is loosed upon the world" appears in the second stanza as a description of the falconer's falcon.
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. Achebe uses this opening stanza of William Butler Yeats’s poem “The Second Coming,” from which the title of the novel is taken, as an epigraph to the novel. In invoking these lines, Achebe hints at the chaos that arises when a system collapses.
LitCharts. Get the entire guide to “The Second Coming” as a printable PDF. Download. The Full Text of “The Second Coming” 1 Turning and turning in the widening gyre. 2 The falcon cannot hear the falconer; 3 Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; 4 Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, 5 The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere.
