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4 days ago · The Second Coming This poem by W.B. Yeats is one of my favorites; I love the language, the imagery, and the allusions. That said, it is an often-misunderstood poem; The Second Coming, from the title loosely refers to Christ’s second coming, but also to the coming of the Spiritus Mundi (the spirit of the world). It describes a fallen world where “the best lack all conviction, while the ...
4 days ago · Back from my recent trip to Ireland I wanted to set down some of my photos against a reading of Sailing to Byzantium. Fortunately, I think I had enough material to cover the first two sections of the poem. In the third and fourth sections of the poem, Yeats takes us on a speculative journey into the immortal realm of spirit.
4 days ago · The Second Coming. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis. Rhyme Scheme: AABCADEF GGHFIJKLMNOPQR. Turning and turning in the widening gyre. A. The falcon cannot hear the falconer. A.
5 days ago · Summary: "The Ballad of Father Gilligan" by W.B. Yeats portrays the themes of divine intervention and human frailty. Father Gilligan, exhausted and despairing, falls asleep while...
6 days ago · I heard a Fly buzz - when I died | Emily Dickinson. I stepped from plank to plank | Emily Dickinson. My life had stood - a loaded gun | Emily Dickinson. Tell the truth but tell it slant | Emily Dickinson. Wild nights - Wild nights | Emily Dickenson.
2 days ago · In his 1642 work, The Personall Reigne of Christ Upon Earth, Archer predicted the Second Coming of Jesus would occur in approximately this year.
1 day ago · A second Trump term would pose enormous risks to our economy. At a time when our country was already on an increasingly risky debt trajectory, Mr. Trump’s tax initiatives during his presidency ...
