Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen
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"Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen" is a poem by W. B. Yeats that reflects on the violence, disillusionment, and moral chaos of the early twentieth century, particularly in the aftermath of World War I and the Irish revolutionary period.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| author | W. B. Yeats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | The Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1921 ⓘ |
| form | lyric sequence ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poetry
ⓘ
political poetry ⓘ |
| hasCentralConcern |
ethical response to political terror
ⓘ
limits of reason and order ⓘ relationship between violence and civilization ⓘ |
| includedIn | The Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late Yeats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | varied meter ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre |
Yeats’s late philosophical poems
ⓘ
Yeats’s political poems ⓘ |
| periodOfComposition | early 1920s ⓘ |
| reflectsEvent |
Easter Rising
NERFINISHED
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Irish War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ post–World War I Europe ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | irregular ⓘ |
| structure | sequence of sections ⓘ |
| subject |
Irish revolutionary period
ⓘ
World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ breakdown of traditional values ⓘ political upheaval in early twentieth-century Ireland ⓘ |
| theme |
collapse of order
ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ fragility of civilization ⓘ historical change ⓘ moral chaos ⓘ role of art in times of violence ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| tone |
bitter
ⓘ
elegiac ⓘ reflective ⓘ |
| usesDevice |
contrast between past and present
ⓘ
historical allusion ⓘ irony ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| writer | W. B. Yeats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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