The Second Coming

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"The Second Coming" is a landmark apocalyptic poem by W.B. Yeats that explores themes of chaos, historical cycles, and the disintegration of modern civilization.

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instanceOf literary work ⓘ
poem ⓘ
author W. B. Yeats ⓘ
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William Butler Yeats ⓘ
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countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
criticalReputation landmark poem of the 20th century ⓘ
one of Yeats's most famous poems ⓘ
dateWritten 1919 ⓘ
firstLine Turning and turning in the widening gyre ⓘ
firstPublishedIn The Dial ⓘ
form lyric poem ⓘ
genre apocalyptic poetry ⓘ
modernist poetry ⓘ
hasAllusion Book of Revelation ⓘ
Christian Second Coming of Christ ⓘ
hasInterpretation often read as a vision of modernity's breakdown ⓘ
influencedBy Irish political turmoil ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
Yeats's theory of historical gyres ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterPublishedIn Michael Robartes and the Dancer ⓘ
literaryMovement Modernism ⓘ
meter loosely iambic pentameter ⓘ
notableLine And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, ⓘ
Are full of passionate intensity. ⓘ
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? ⓘ
The best lack all conviction, while the worst ⓘ
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold ⓘ
numberOfLines 22 ⓘ
publicationType magazine ⓘ
rhymeScheme irregular ⓘ
stanzaCount 2 ⓘ
subject Christian imagery and its subversion ⓘ
collapse of social order ⓘ
prophetic vision of the future ⓘ
transition between historical epochs ⓘ
symbol blood-dimmed tide ⓘ
falcon and falconer ⓘ
rough beast ⓘ
widening gyre ⓘ
theme anarchy ⓘ
apocalypse ⓘ
chaos ⓘ
disintegration of civilization ⓘ
end of an era ⓘ
historical cycles ⓘ
loss of order ⓘ
spiritual crisis ⓘ
violence ⓘ
yearPublished 1920 ⓘ

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W.B. Yeats → notableWork → The Second Coming ⓘ
Night Ride Home → basedOn → poem The Second Coming by W. B. Yeats (for the song Slouching Towards Bethlehem) ⓘ
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Things Fall Apart → titleDerivedFrom → The Second Coming ⓘ
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold" → partOf → "The Second Coming" ⓘ
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"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold" → firstPublishedIn → "The Second Coming" ⓘ
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"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold" → quotationFrom → "The Second Coming" by W. B. Yeats ⓘ
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Michael Robartes and the Dancer → hasPoem → The Second Coming ⓘ
A Prayer for My Daughter → relatedWork → The Second Coming ⓘ
Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats → includesPoem → The Second Coming ⓘ
The Second Coming → hasTitleAllusion → "The Second Coming" by W. B. Yeats ⓘ
linked to: The Second Coming