Easter 1916
The 1916 Irish Rebellion inspired Yeats' peom
The Easter Rising
Old
Both poems are about how this passes
Time
Finish this line:"All changed, changed utterly:___"
"A terrible beauty is born"
"A terrible beauty" combines opposites which is a...
Paradox
Yeats repeats this line to show something big and serious has changed
"A terrible beauty is born"
The speaker imagines the women sitting by this to stay warm
"Easter, 1916" is about people risking their lives for this
Freedom
"When you are old and gray and full of sleep, ___"
Repeating beginning should like "full of sleep" is...
Alliteration
Yeats compares the rebels' unwavering hearts to this object
A stone
The speaker says he loves her true self, not just her looks. He calls it her ___ soul
Her "pilgrim soul"
"When You Are Old" is mostly about this feeling
Love
"But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, __"
and loved the sorrows of your changing face
"Pilgrim soul" represents inner beauty. This is...
Symbolism
The poem is about fighting for their countries freedom, also called this
At the end, love is describes as going away into the sky among these
The Stars
The poem shows how people remember things from the past, called this
Memories
"Was it needless death after all? "
for England may keep faith
This line is asked for effect, not an actual answer
The mood of the poem changes from light at the start to this feeling at the end
Sad or serious
The women did not return the speaker's love, which is called this
Unrequited love
Both poems shows how people and feelings can do this over time
"And bending down beside the glowing bars,___"
murmur, a little sadly, how love fled
"Love fled/ And paced up on the mountain overhead" gives love human trait, this is...
Personification