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Easter, 1916 is a poem by W. B. Yeats describing the poet's torn emotions regarding the events of the Easter Rising staged in Ireland against British rule on Easter Monday, April 24, 1916. The rebellion was unsuccessful, and most of the Irish republican leaders involved were executed.
It describes a fictional conversation between James Connolly and Patrick Pearse, the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising. First, Pearse says that a "breath of politic words" or a "wind that blows / across the bitter sea" (Britain [2]) might have withered their "Rose Tree," or, Ireland. [3] Connolly replies that the tree "needs to be but watered."
Michael Robartes and the Dancer is a 1920 book of poems by W. B. Yeats. It includes the poems: Michael Robartes and the Dancer; Solomon and the Witch; An Image from a Past Life; Under Saturn; Easter, 1916; Sixteen Dead Men; The Rose Tree; On a Political Prisoner; The Leaders of the Crowd; Towards Break of Day; Demon and Beast; The Second Coming ...
The event is the theme of W. B. Yeats' poem "Easter, 1916", first published this September. July 1 First day on the Somme : Poets W. N. Hodgson , Will Streets , Gilbert Waterhouse , Henry Field, Alfred Ratcliffe, Alexander Robertson and Bernard White are among the 19,000 British soldiers killed on this day alone. [ 3 ]
By 1916, Yeats was 51 years old and determined to marry and produce an heir. His rival, John MacBride, had been executed for his role in the 1916 Easter Rising, so Yeats hoped that his widow, Maud Gonne, might remarry. [69] His final proposal to Gonne took place in mid-1916. [70]
Pages in category "1916 poems" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. ... Easter, 1916; F. Fog (poem) I. In Nunhead Cemetery; N. A New Heaven; O.
Easter Sunday changes dates year-to-year. This year, Easter is on Sunday, April 9, 2023. How is the Easter date determined? The holiday occurs on the Sunday after the first full moon following the ...
Yeats most famous nationalist poem Easter 1916 makes an allusion to MacDonagh as a friend of Pearse: "This other his helper and friend/ Was coming into his force/ He might have won fame in the end/ So sensitive his nature seemed/ So daring and sweet his thought". [12] His friend Francis Ledwidge's Lament for Thomas MacDonagh also commemorates him.