The Widening Gyre Essays

The poem, in its most simplistic state, speaks to the inevitability of growing old and death. The title, ‘The Wild Swans at Coole,’ gives extraordinary meaning to ordinary birds as they carry out their typical activities on a pond; something poetry is famed for. The speaker has visited this pond for quite some time and is now on his ‘nineteenth autumn.’ ‘All has changed’ since his first visit, but the swans, the pond, the surrounding landscape, has remained ‘still’; a word that resonates throughout

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ways. The gyre is the idea of the author on how things operates. It explains how an extreme can always contain a minimum of the opposite. Also, the World War I is connected to the image that the poem is showing about the chaotic nature of it. This war can be described as something that is a part of the picture the that gyre is showing. The prevalent themes of the “Second Coming” by the author revolves around the cyclical nature of the gyre and the chaotic order of the war. The gyre is the author’s

William Butler Yeats is an Irish poet and Nobel laureate who is known for his intelligent views on political matters in the 20th century, especially following World War I. Yeats wrote the poem The Second Coming in the aftermath of World War I to describe his assessment and predictions of life after the war. Yeats believed that the second coming would usher the complete destruction of the world and not a rebirth or improvement in lifestyle. People’s evil sins were causing significant chaos and the

toward Bethlehem to be born?” alluded to when Christ was born in Bethlehem. The narrator also states “The falcon cannot hear the falconer”. Yeats was stating that society cannot hear their God because of the total dismay in the world. The phrase “widening gyre” likely refers to the 2,000 years since the birth of Christ. William Butler Yeats extensive use of allusions assists in conveying humanity’s

Internal Conflict in William Butler Yeats “The Second Coming” Lyric poetry is the rhythmic sound of words, usually found in English and Italian sonnets. The writer uses it to create a mood and emotion in the poem by telling us how they feel. It is the conflict found within the writer that dictates how they interpret that the world is against what they believe it should be. Internal Conflict occurs between the speaker and the world in which they live, in William Butler Yeats “The Second Coming” the

A comparison of W. B. Yeats’ The Second Coming and Wilfred Owen’s Dulce Et Decorum Est on the theme of warfare and its consequences. Literary works during the 20th century; especially the first half was significantly focused on the desolation and chaos brought upon by events such as the World War I & II. The significant events and magnitude of these wars not only affected people physically but also altered their mentality and ethics (Pizarro, Silver & Prause, n.d). Yeats’ The Second Coming was

The "Second Coming" is an allusion based on the New Testament that Christ returned to Earth. The events preceding Jesus coming back will be marked with mankind being doomed to an apocalypse. He uses the "gyres", which would represent the history; which is "turning and turning in the widening gyre", implying that although history will repeat, the ending will be very different than the one suggested by the Christians. The apocalypse he predicted that would occur would have to do with the fact that

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“Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.” --- W. B. Yeats, “The Second Coming”. Imperialism is the action of one country forcefully gains and keeps control over another territory. European imperialists were motivated to charge into Africa because of 3 main factors: economic, political, and social(Vontz, “imperialism”). With the rise of industrialization there was an increase of

Terrorism is a political and strategically concept which is notoriously difficult to define. A 1988 study by the United States Army found that more than 100 definitions of the word have been used. Terrorism may be defined as an act in which element of terror is used to cause panic, fear and intimidation to achieve political objectives. The most comprehensive definition can be given in the following words. “Terrorism is the systematic use of terror or unpredictable violence against government, public

Section I 1.(a) / U / U / U / U / U / U After ǀ the first ǀ powerǀful plain ǀ maniǀfesto U U / U U / U U / U U The black ǀ statementǀ of pisǀtons, withǀout more fuss U U / U / U / / U / U But gliǀding like ǀ a queen, ǁ she leaves ǀ the station. U / / U / U U / U U / Without ǀ bowing ǀ and with ǀ restrained ǀ unconcern, This stanza has three regular iambs and eleven trochees. Only one dactyl, one amphibrach, one anapest and

Reflection of Traditional African Igbo Culture in Chinua Achebe’s Novel Things Fall Apart Sikandar Kadar Aga Abstract: The aim of this present research paper is to highlight the insights of the traditional African Igbo culture, as represented in Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart. Achebe in the novel Things

“Turning and turning in the widening gyre; The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.” (Butler, “The Second Coming”) The European race for the colonization of Africa led to the decimation of many cultures. One could argue that the Europeans brought with them to Africa such things as roads, transportation, and communications, but what they destroyed outweighs these ten to one. A contributing factor of the Africa of today is

Abrie Berkowitz Honors English 3-4 Summer reading project 2014 Things Fall Apart Things Fall Apart is a historical fiction novel that is broken up the same way A Thousand Splendid Suns is-into parts, which are further broken up into chapters. The three-part, 25 chapter story is about 150 pages in length. Okonkwo, the a powerful village man, has an audacious perspective that is brought forward significantly in the novel. Chinua Achebe used a flashback effectively in chapter 16 when Obierika discovered