1. The creature’s human head symbolizes:
2. What quality is attributed to the “best”?
3. In what year was “The Second Coming” first published in a magazine?
4. The creature’s appearance is most likely symbolic of:
5. What does the phrase “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold” suggest?
6. How is the creature’s movement described?
7. The contrast between the “best” and the “worst” emphasizes:
8. Where was W. B. Yeats living when he wrote “The Second Coming”?
9. What image does the poet use to represent a deteriorating order?
10. The overall atmosphere created in these lines is one of:
11. The phrase “the centre cannot hold” implies:
12. The creature’s movement is described as:
13. The falcon and falconer imagery suggests:
14. What is the dominant image associated with the creature’s eyes?
15. Which magazine first published “The Second Coming”?
16. The desert setting can be seen as a metaphor for:
17. What is “Spiritus Mundi” in the poem?
18. The image of the creature moving slowly suggests:
19. The creature’s blank gaze can be interpreted as:
20. The word “indignant” suggests the birds are:
