W. B. Yeats' Selected Poems (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Flashcards
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Easter Rising dates
Easter Rising dates
24-29 April 1916
Easter Rising leaders executed
Easter Rising leaders executed
Patrick Pearse & James Connolly
Refrain in 'Easter 1916'
Refrain in 'Easter 1916'
'A terrible beauty is born'
Partition of Ireland (counties)
Partition of Ireland (counties)
26 southern independent, 6 northern British
Abbey Theatre founded (year)
Abbey Theatre founded (year)
1904
Gyres system cycle length
Gyres system cycle length
2,000-year civilisations
Subject of 'An Irish Airman Foresees His Death'
Subject of 'An Irish Airman Foresees His Death'
Robert Gregory (Lady Gregory's son)
Yeats's Irish Senate service
Yeats's Irish Senate service
1922-1928
'Widening gyre' appears in which poem?
'Widening gyre' appears in which poem?
'The Second Coming'
Yeats's religious/class background
Yeats's religious/class background
Anglo-Irish Protestant minority