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Write a comparative discussion of ‘Wild Swans at Coole’ and ‘The Second Coming’ focusing on Yeats’s varied themes and style
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Write a comparative discussion of 'Wild Swans at Coole' and 'The Second Coming' focusing on Yeats's varied themes and style. Approximately 500 words. These two poems, written by the same author focus on different aspects of what was happening in his life. They are written at different times and are concerned with what is happening in his life at the time. One is concerned with world issues, such as the aftermath of World War 1, and the other, a contemplation of different aspects of his life. Both use different techniques and styles to emphasise these differing themes. 'The Second Coming' was written just after WW1 had finished, but the fighting still carried on in Ireland, and the communist revolution in Russia had just occurred. Yeats seemed to take all these events as signs that the Christian ear was coming to an end and the birth of a new god, the...
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