A comparison of Robert Frost's "Fire and Ice" and William Butler Yeats's "The Second Coming" The purpose of this paper is to give equal illumination to two poems that contain a similar theme. ... On the other hand Yeats depicts the end of the world as utter chaos and destruction. ... On the other end is William Butler Yeats's poem "The Second Coming". In this poem Yeats portrays the end of the world as a time of chaos and anarchy. ... While on the other hand Yeats portrays the end as a time of great evil and despair. ...

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In 1919 William Butler Yeats published a poem called "The Second Coming." ... Yeats' poem "The Second Coming," depicts the approach of a new world order and demonstrates the concept that change is inevitable. ... Yeats felt that because of World War 1, Europe was left in complete chaos, and total anarchy was released upon the world. Yeats is trying to tell the reader that the society that was left in the wake of the war is already beginning to fall apart, and The Second Coming will occur. ... Yeats documents the struggle for Europeans after World War 1, and the intense chaos that people f...

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Things Fall Apart The book Things Fall Apart , by Chinua Achebe , is very similar to the poem , "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats. ... Yeats shows this change by describing the conversions our world, as a global community, made throughout history . ... Chinua Achebe and William Butler Yeats make this idea understandable to us by using it in their works of art. ...

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