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“The Second Coming” is a poem written by Irish poet William Butler Yeats in 1919, first printed in The Dial in November 1920 and included in his 1921 collection of verses Michael Robartes and the Dancer. [1] The poem uses Christian imagery regarding the Apocalypse and Second Coming to describe allegorically the atmosphere of post-war Europe ...
The Rhymers' Club was a group of London-based male poets, founded in 1890 by W. B. Yeats and Ernest Rhys. Originally not much more than a dining club, it produced anthologies of poetry in 1892 and 1894. [1] They met at the London pub ‘Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese’ in Fleet Street and in the 'Domino Room' of the Café Royal. [2]
Literary modernism is often summed up in a line from W. B. Yeats: "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold" (in 'The Second Coming'). [5] Modernists often search for a metaphysical 'centre' but experience its collapse. [6]
William Butler Yeats [a] (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist and writer, and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival , and along with Lady Gregory founded the Abbey Theatre , serving as its chief during its early years.
"the centre cannot hold", a phrase from the poem "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats; The Centre Cannot Hold, a 2017 album by Ben Frost; American Empire: The Center Cannot Hold, a novel by Harry Turtledove; The Centre Cannot Hold, an EP by Digitonal; The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness, a book by Elyn Saks
Yeats wrote this work while experimenting with automatic writing alongside his wife Georgie Hyde-Lees. It serves as a meditation on the relationships between imagination, history, and the occult. A Vision has been compared to Eureka: A Prose Poem, the final major work of Edgar Allan Poe. [1] [2] Yeats published a second edition with alterations ...
In the beginning, it was just for boys. Originating in the late nineteenth century as a popular, morally instructive piece of entertainment for preteen males, the sports novel has had a long, slow ...
"The Second Coming" (poem), a 1920 poem by William Butler Yeats 'Salem's Lot or Second Coming , a 1975 novel by Stephen King The Second Coming: A Leatherdyke Reader , a book edited by Patrick Califia and Robin Sweeney