Easter 1918
Easter 1916 : William Butler Yeats - Summary and Critical Analysis Easter 1916 by William Butler Yeats is a poem about an Irish immature revolutionary plan which became unsuccessful to overthrow the British reign in Ireland. About fifteen hundred people participated in this revolution to seize the government office building of Dublin on Easter morning, but three hundred of them were killed on the spot, and more than two hundred people were taken as prisoner and tortured.
In Easter 1916, poet begins with a criticism of the politicians both living and those who are dead in the recent revolution. Yeats was deeply moved by the heroism and the martyrdom of the rebels. He saw the whole Irish scene transformed by the tragedy of execution. The heroes of the rebellion-Pearse, Connolly, McDonough and MacBride-all became symbol of heroic martyrdom. In the first stanza, the poet speaks of the politicians whom he meets at close day in the parliament. The politicians are sitting in the counter without any work on their desk. The poet meets with people coming out of their homes or offices and greets them with a nod of his head and with words of mere formality without any significance. He also narrates to entertain his companions at the club some ridiculous tit-bit or make someone the target of his taunt. He is certain that all of them are living where life consist of a mixture of colors like the dress of a jester. But glorious and terrible change happens suddenly. In the second stanza Yeats presents the story of people participated in the revolution. In a rising, beautiful women are grown shrewd. School teachers; Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh and personal enemy of the poet John MacBride, the man whom Maud Gonne married forsake their individual roles and fight with an unified aim-that of winning freedom for their country. They sacrificed their lives and Yeats included of them in his song without prejudice or rancor. The poet celebrates their death. Their will to
In Easter 1916, poet begins with a criticism of the politicians both living and those who are dead in the recent revolution. Yeats was deeply moved by the heroism and the martyrdom of the rebels. He saw the whole Irish scene transformed by the tragedy of execution. The heroes of the rebellion-Pearse, Connolly, McDonough and MacBride-all became symbol of heroic martyrdom. In the first stanza, the poet speaks of the politicians whom he meets at close day in the parliament. The politicians are sitting in the counter without any work on their desk. The poet meets with people coming out of their homes or offices and greets them with a nod of his head and with words of mere formality without any significance. He also narrates to entertain his companions at the club some ridiculous tit-bit or make someone the target of his taunt. He is certain that all of them are living where life consist of a mixture of colors like the dress of a jester. But glorious and terrible change happens suddenly. In the second stanza Yeats presents the story of people participated in the revolution. In a rising, beautiful women are grown shrewd. School teachers; Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh and personal enemy of the poet John MacBride, the man whom Maud Gonne married forsake their individual roles and fight with an unified aim-that of winning freedom for their country. They sacrificed their lives and Yeats included of them in his song without prejudice or rancor. The poet celebrates their death. Their will to