Figurative Language In The Second Coming
Societies have become disastrous over time. Chaos has caused doubts that overwhelm us. Insecurities have turned into more than just insecurities, they've become apart of us. It's become easier for us to get caught up in the middle of the little things when we should start focusing on the things that truly matter. In the poem "The Second Coming", William Butler Years portrays a worsening society that has chosen sin over faith.
In the poem "The Second Coming", the diction conveys the theme of the loss of hope by using ominous phrases. Such as "The darkness drops again" (18) which implies that darkness has been in their society before and has returned. Society feels like the darkness may never truly leave. Another quote is, "Things fall apart" …show more content…
An example of this is when he says, "The ceremonies of innocence is drowned" (6). This quote implies that whatever innocence this society had no longer exists because it "drowned". Usually when something or someone drowns, the hope that you had for them drowns too which goes back to the theme of lost hope.
Another figurative language William Butler Yeats used is symbolism. Such as when he said, "The falcon cannot hear the falconer" (2). I don't believe that he is actually talking about the animal or the falconer, a person who trains with falcons. I think that he means that God is not being heard by his people. In this case, the falcon represents the people and the falconer represents God. If you cannot be heard by your leader than you and your society are bound to fall apart. Therefore, you begin to lose hope as time goes on and I think that is what has happened.
Society has destroyed the people one by one because of how it's become. William Butler Yeats has demonstrated in the poem that a worsening society has chosen sin over faith. For example, "The best lack conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity" (7&8). This means that the wrong people lack the right things. While the wrong people are lacking what they shouldn't and the good people have bad judgment, it is hard to keep a stable
In the poem "The Second Coming", the diction conveys the theme of the loss of hope by using ominous phrases. Such as "The darkness drops again" (18) which implies that darkness has been in their society before and has returned. Society feels like the darkness may never truly leave. Another quote is, "Things fall apart" …show more content…
An example of this is when he says, "The ceremonies of innocence is drowned" (6). This quote implies that whatever innocence this society had no longer exists because it "drowned". Usually when something or someone drowns, the hope that you had for them drowns too which goes back to the theme of lost hope.
Another figurative language William Butler Yeats used is symbolism. Such as when he said, "The falcon cannot hear the falconer" (2). I don't believe that he is actually talking about the animal or the falconer, a person who trains with falcons. I think that he means that God is not being heard by his people. In this case, the falcon represents the people and the falconer represents God. If you cannot be heard by your leader than you and your society are bound to fall apart. Therefore, you begin to lose hope as time goes on and I think that is what has happened.
Society has destroyed the people one by one because of how it's become. William Butler Yeats has demonstrated in the poem that a worsening society has chosen sin over faith. For example, "The best lack conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity" (7&8). This means that the wrong people lack the right things. While the wrong people are lacking what they shouldn't and the good people have bad judgment, it is hard to keep a stable