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300 words of notes try to offer an interpretation of William Butler Yeats' "The Second Coming."

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First of all, my own unique interpretation of William Butler Yeats' "The Second Coming" is quite two-fold: I regard it as a possible commentary on the invasion of Ireland by the British as well as a religious or Christian depiction that the end of the world and judgment day is imminent and what it will entail for humans and believers (or even non-believers as well).
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