Easter 1916

by William Butler Yeats

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Easter 1916 Questions and Answers

Explain the quote "All changed, changed utterly. A terrible beauty is born" from "Easter 1916" by Yeats.

What features of modernist poetry can be found in the poem "Easter, 1916"?

Why does W. B. Yeats use an ambivalent tone and attitude in his treatment of the political uprising in his poem "Easter, 1916"?

What is the "casual comedy" to which Yeats refers in "Easter 1916"?

What is suggested by the refrain "A terrible beauty is born" in "Easter 1916" by Yeats?

Explain the lines "I write it out in a verse—MacDonagh and MacBride/ And Connolly and Pearse/ Now and in time to be,/ Wherever green is worn, are changed, changed utterly:/ A terrible beauty is born" from "Easter, 1916."

What are the modern elements in Yeats's poem "Easter 1916"?

What symbolism is in "Easter 1916"?

What is the historical context of "Easter 1916"?

Whom did the poet meet at the close of the day in "Easter 1916"?

How has nationalism been painted in the poem "Easter 1916"?

What symbols does Yeats use in "Easter 1916"?

At the end of the day, how does Yeats feel about the people who died in the Easter Uprising? Does he admire them or pity them?

I am looking for examples of "they say/I say" arguments in W. B. Yeats's poem, "Easter 1916."

I am looking for the use of myth in "Easter 1916."

How does the poet depict the Ireland before the event?

What is an overall interpretation of the poem “Easter, 1916” before and after knowing about the author? Give examples from the text to support an interpretation.

Could it be said that Yeats uses parataxis in "Easter 1916"?