Poem

The Second Coming

Title The Second Coming
Author William Butler Yeats

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
The Indignant Muse: Poetry and Songs of the Irish Revolution 1887-1926 2016 Print Anthology View Details
Publication Instance Details #2274
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology The Indignant Muse: Poetry and Songs of the Irish Revolution 1887-1926
Date of Publication 2016
Publisher Lilliput Press (Ireland)
Page Number(s) 225
Publication Overview
Translation Is Multilingual Explicit Irish Context? Ekphrasis Has Paratext? Reference to News, Media or Technology
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Details
Human Rights Issues
War / Genocide Referenced
Languages
Genre Short Lyric
Medium Print Anthology
Notes The editor's notes for this publication state that this poem was written in 1919 and expresses Yeats's "horror at the carnage that Europe had just experienced in the war."
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