Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen

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"Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen" is a poem by W. B. Yeats that reflects on the violence, disillusionment, and moral chaos of the early twentieth century, particularly in the aftermath of World War I and the Irish revolutionary period.

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Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf poem ⓘ
author W. B. Yeats ⓘ
linked to: W.B. Yeats
collection The Tower ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1921 ⓘ
form lyric sequence ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
political poetry ⓘ
hasCentralConcern ethical response to political terror ⓘ
limits of reason and order ⓘ
relationship between violence and civilization ⓘ
includedIn The Tower ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Modernism ⓘ
literaryPeriod late Yeats ⓘ
linked to: W.B. Yeats
meter varied meter ⓘ
partOfAuthorOeuvre Yeats’s late philosophical poems ⓘ
Yeats’s political poems ⓘ
periodOfComposition early 1920s ⓘ
reflectsEvent Easter Rising ⓘ
Irish War of Independence ⓘ
post–World War I Europe ⓘ
rhymeScheme irregular ⓘ
structure sequence of sections ⓘ
subject Irish revolutionary period ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
breakdown of traditional values ⓘ
political upheaval in early twentieth-century Ireland ⓘ
theme collapse of order ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ
fragility of civilization ⓘ
historical change ⓘ
moral chaos ⓘ
role of art in times of violence ⓘ
violence ⓘ
tone bitter ⓘ
elegiac ⓘ
reflective ⓘ
usesDevice contrast between past and present ⓘ
historical allusion ⓘ
irony ⓘ
symbolism ⓘ
writer W. B. Yeats ⓘ
linked to: W.B. Yeats

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The Tower → containsPoem → Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen ⓘ
The Tower → containsPoem → Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen ⓘ
subject linked to: The Tower (poetry collection)