The Second Coming (Leaving Cert English): Quizzes
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In what year did Yeats write 'The Second Coming'?
In what year did Yeats write 'The Second Coming'?
1919
How many lines are in the first stanza of the poem?
How many lines are in the first stanza of the poem?
Eight lines
What does the 'falconer' symbolise in the poem?
What does the 'falconer' symbolise in the poem?
Humanity's attempt to control
What is 'Spiritus Mundi' in the poem?
What is 'Spiritus Mundi' in the poem?
World's collective unconscious
What physical form does the creature in the vision have?
What physical form does the creature in the vision have?
Man's head & lion's body
What was the approximate death toll of WWI that influenced the poem?
What was the approximate death toll of WWI that influenced the poem?
Over 16 million
What do 'the best' lack in the poem?
What do 'the best' lack in the poem?
All conviction
What is the primary metre of the poem?
What is the primary metre of the poem?
Iambic pentameter
What does a 'gyre' represent in Yeats's symbolism?
What does a 'gyre' represent in Yeats's symbolism?
Cyclical nature of history
Where is the 'rough beast' slouching towards?
Where is the 'rough beast' slouching towards?
Bethlehem
What is the tone of 'The Second Coming'?
What is the tone of 'The Second Coming'?
Foreboding & prophetic
What does the poem's irregular structure mirror?
What does the poem's irregular structure mirror?
Thematic breakdown of order
What does 'blood-dimmed tide' reference?
What does 'blood-dimmed tide' reference?
War and its death toll
What effect does enjambment create in the poem?
What effect does enjambment create in the poem?
Breathless, relentless flow