The Spirit Of Yeats
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The Spirit Of Yeats
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Christin Darr
Dr. Arthur Edward Salmon
Eng.II 9:45a.m.
25 May 2000
The Spirit of William Butler Yeats and “The Second Coming”
“Surely the Second coming is at hand;…
when a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight:… A shape with a lion
body and the head of a man, / A gaze blank
And pitiless as the sun,”(2.9-15).
Is the world actually coming to an end? Is this sphinx-like creature truly our inevitable savior? Or, is Yeats’ life and things surrounding it coming to chaos? Is the war and restless spirit of Ireland influencing Yeats’ work? On the other hand, is Yeats trying to help one to understand the frustrations of their own lives on a more personal level? The depth of Yeats’s work, among many other great poets, is immeasurable. Many surrounding emotions, and intentions may go into this poem, along with various other subsidies the poet may not even be aware of. This is precisely why the literature department, or lack of, in many schools is weakening. Too many teachers, professors, and now students focus either solely on rhyme and meter or the “obvious” reason a poet might compose a poem, such as personal relationships, failures, earthly surroundings, or mental distress.
The educators of students today need to be more open-minded on the interpretations one has for a particular poem. Literature has been a very strong
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foundation for any prosperous civilization. For centuries poets will be immortalized in classes and books. However, as their words are remembered their spirit has been lost. When analyzing a great poet’s work such as Yeats, the most obvious interpretation is usually not the correct one. Literature helps open minds to endless possibilities in every possible aspect. If students are taught to just accept explanations and are discouraged from questioning or even thinking for themselves, then the world will soon become full of conformed, mindless robots. Future leaders of the world must be taught to analyze everything. They must be taught to use their imaginations and logical thinking together. That is a most powerful combination in the hands of a determined student. The process must be in the root of this thinking. It must begin with literature. Throughout Yeats’ life he has produced numerous controversial poems. Many people hold their own, very strong, opinions about poems. The truth is, there is not only one.
Yeats had many different influences when writing “The Second Coming”, and it is important for t...
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