THE SECOND COMING
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon can not hear the falconer
Things fall apart ,the centre can not hold
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed and everywhere.
The Second Coming has been written by the famous Irish poet W.B.yeats. W.B.yeats is a modern poet.He was a symbolist. He was influenced by the French symbolists like Baudelaire,Mallarue,verlaine and so on. Of all English -language poets it seems that yeats is one who has written most thoughtfully abouts the problems and the sadness of old age.
Although the whole poem has been written on the world 's awful condition it can be divided into two parts ,for critical analysis .The poem consists altogether twenty two lines. The first eight lines of the poem present a terrifying picture of the world's situation as year"s saw in 1909. Second Coming suggests the coming of Jesus Christ for second time .The title the"Second Coming " signifies the end of the world on human civilization .It has a biblical reference : Christ promised his disciples that he would come to the world for the second time when the human civilization would come to an end .The opening stanza signifies for the poet almost the approaching end of the world.This makes him feel that probably ,Christ is coming for the second time as he promised to his disciples at the time of his departure.In the opening stanza the poet uses some symbolic words like gyre,falcon ,falconer .The symbolic meaning of gyre is cycle of civilization or history.The poet has also used the word falcon in place of man and falconer in stead of God. In the cycle of human civilization the falcon and falconer are moved. There has been a gap in their relationship . They will come closer each other. The phrase "widening gyre" suggests the possibility of the falconer meeting or catching the falcon is getting slimmer and slimmer .The cycle of history is widening.It is an alarming development
Grateful thanks to
Mr Mahesh Bishi ,
ENGLISH LITERATURE & LUNGUISTICS,
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