Yeats' "The Second Coming" Interpretation Your
Select one of the interpretations. Write a paragraph presenting your selected interpretation and evidence that develops
this perspective. Use the sentence stem below to structure your opening.
Origin

Interpretation #1: This poem presents the speaker's ruminations on the despair and hopelessness of the world post
World War 1, with the fear that the world will enter a state of anarchy.

Interpretation #2: The second coming of Christ will take the world out of the state of chaos and disorder it fell into
after World War I and humanity will be saved.
(writing strategy repetition, imagery,)