The Second Coming

A collection of 15 of Yeats' most famous poems, including "The Second Coming" and "Easter, 1916." "The Second Coming" is viewed as a prophetic poem that envisions the close of the Christian epoch and the violent birth of a new age. The poem's title makes reference to the Biblical reappearance of Christ, prophesied in Matthew 24 and the Revelations of St. Joh...