ThAct: On Yeats's Poem

              This blog task is part of thinking activity given by Barad sir. You can check link here.

         

              Here is the whole The Second Coming poem by W. B. Yeats.

Turning and turning in the widening gyre   

The falcon cannot hear the falconer;

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,

The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere   

The ceremony of innocence is drowned;

The best lack all conviction, while the worst   

Are full of passionate intensity.

Surely some revelation is at hand;

Surely the Second Coming is at hand.   

The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out   

When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi

Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert   

A shape with lion body and the head of a man,   

A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,   

Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it   

Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.   

The darkness drops again; but now I know   

That twenty centuries of stony sleep

Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,   

And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,   

Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

               W.B. Yeats' poem "The Second Coming" is like a mysterious puzzle waiting to be solved. Written after a big war, it's a snapshot of a world feeling lost and confused. Through colorful words and pictures, Yeats tells a story about things falling apart and a strange creature on the horizon.

                The poem starts with a falcon flying away from its owner, showing how everything seems out of control. Then, Yeats introduces this scary "rough beast" heading towards Bethlehem, but it's not a happy return. It's more like a storm brewing.

                 As the poem goes on, Yeats talks about how everything is crumbling, and there's no glue holding society together. He paints a picture of chaos, where people are more interested in power than kindness.

                 But amidst the chaos, there's this mysterious creature with a lion's body and a human head, almost like a riddle waiting to be solved. Its blank stare symbolizes a world lacking compassion.

                 Overall, "The Second Coming" is like a mirror reflecting the chaos of the world, urging us to think about what kind of future we want. It's a reminder that even in tough times, poetry can help us make sense of things and find hope in the darkness.