Yeats "Easter, 1916"
Easter is a festival which usually occurs during the last week of April, on Sunday and it is known for the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Easter 1916 is a poem which documents the Irish revolution. In 1800s, Irish parliament signed the act of union with Great Britain; hence Irish became the part of Great Britain. As of which the Irish nationalists and revolutionist IRB (Irish Republican Brotherhood), they were not happy about it and wanted to gain independence. IRB was formed in 1858 with 2000 members and “Easter 1916” – manuscripts the events of Easter revolution in Ireland. It was Written in 1916 and Published only in 1921. The Question remains in the readers mind that “Was the revolution really necessary or was it unnecessary death?”
The language in poem is simple and straight which makes use of figure of speech like slimily and metaphor. The poem conveys the moral that individual, war, friendship and relationship are more important in the world. We must have self control and shouldn’t complain if the things go wrong. In the poem Yeats is taking the role of flamers and he is giving the description of normal daily lives of people. He also tells that he wants to go and meet his friends at theatre and say “A terrible beauty is born”. This shows a dualistic nature of rising. It said a terrible beauty because it caused death and beauty of their step towards independence. The revolution caused many problems which ruined the normal days of people as shown in the poem. Yeats describe about a revolutionist woman leader to be placed at a cabinet position who is both a socialist and politician. She was left alone in Ireland by her husband who moved to Ukraine. She belongs to IRC and designed uniform and national anthem for IRC. IRB Leaders includes Patrick Pearse: Leader of IRB, teacher, poet, nationalist and activist. Pearse, he was the head of IRB and he delivered the proclamation speech on 24th of April at General Post Office. The second includes MacBride: Member of
The language in poem is simple and straight which makes use of figure of speech like slimily and metaphor. The poem conveys the moral that individual, war, friendship and relationship are more important in the world. We must have self control and shouldn’t complain if the things go wrong. In the poem Yeats is taking the role of flamers and he is giving the description of normal daily lives of people. He also tells that he wants to go and meet his friends at theatre and say “A terrible beauty is born”. This shows a dualistic nature of rising. It said a terrible beauty because it caused death and beauty of their step towards independence. The revolution caused many problems which ruined the normal days of people as shown in the poem. Yeats describe about a revolutionist woman leader to be placed at a cabinet position who is both a socialist and politician. She was left alone in Ireland by her husband who moved to Ukraine. She belongs to IRC and designed uniform and national anthem for IRC. IRB Leaders includes Patrick Pearse: Leader of IRB, teacher, poet, nationalist and activist. Pearse, he was the head of IRB and he delivered the proclamation speech on 24th of April at General Post Office. The second includes MacBride: Member of