The Second Coming - Analysis Quiz

  1. What does Yeats suggest about the best and worst people in "The Second Coming"?

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  2. What imagery does Yeats use to describe the powerful being in the second stanza of "The Second Coming"?

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  3. Why does Yeats believe extremists are full of passionate intensity?

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  4. What historical event is referenced in W.B. Yeats's poem "The Second Coming"?

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  5. In W. B. Yeats's poem "The Second Coming," what does "spiritus mundi" refer to?

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  6. In 'The Second Coming,' who does the falconer symbolize according to the general critical and scholarly consensus?

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  7. In Yeats's poem 'The Second Coming,' what does the line 'The falcon cannot hear the falconer' symbolize?

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  8. Why is "The Second Coming" considered a prophetic poem?

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  9. What image does Yeats use to describe the loss of control in "The Second Coming"?

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  10. What does the "rough beast" in Yeats's "The Second Coming" symbolize?

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