I Love Poems

The Second Coming, by W.B.Yeats. It speaks of today as much as the time when it was written.

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novembermoon · 51-55

So that's where "things fall apart, the centre cannot hold" comes from. I learn something today.

Cierzo · M

@novembermoon Not sure if that idea was original, but he put it in a really beautiful way.

I love the 'the ceremony of innocence is drowned' verse.

Mugin16 · 46-50, M

@novembermoon @Cierzo Yes, that famous expression is from Yeats' poem.

ravenwind43 · 51-55, F

Powerful words

Mugin16 · 46-50, M

Great poeem indeed.

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