Year 9 English - Poetry

How do the poets use figurative language to show the cost of conflict in 'Easter 1916' and 'The seconds coming'? How are they similar/different?

Easter, 1916," was written by the Irish poet W. B. Yeats to commemorate the Easter Rising in 1916, in which Irish nationalists led a rebellion to win independence from British rule. The leaders of the Rising were ultimately executed, and Yeats's poem balances critique of the rebellion and its political extremism with admiration for the rebels' dedication and bravery.

You can read the full text of "Easter, 1916" here.