Second Coming
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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 Darr2 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 the reader to know each of them before they can even begin to
understand the many meanings and interpretations of this poem. Yeats’s poetry
has...
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