Diction Of The Second Coming
William Butler Yeats poem “The Second Coming” was written shortly after World War 1. Yeats was greatly affected by the events that took place during the war. He lived through a time where there was no faith in God. Yeats depicts a society that has lost its faith in God and is no longer stable.
The author uses a dark diction to convey his theme throughout the poem. For example “The falcon cannot hear the falconer”(line 2) visualizes someone being lost. He uses falcon and falconer to symbolize god and his followers, and how they have lost faith in him. “The blood dimmed tide.”(line 5) inputs an image in the reader's head of death and bloodshed. “The center cannot hold” (line 3) helps the reader create the imagine of something collapsing.
The author uses a dark diction to convey his theme throughout the poem. For example “The falcon cannot hear the falconer”(line 2) visualizes someone being lost. He uses falcon and falconer to symbolize god and his followers, and how they have lost faith in him. “The blood dimmed tide.”(line 5) inputs an image in the reader's head of death and bloodshed. “The center cannot hold” (line 3) helps the reader create the imagine of something collapsing.