Easter 1916

The key points, themes and comparisons for "Easter 1916" by Yeats

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What is the main event that this poem is based on?
The Easter Rising
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What are the main themes of the poem?
Death, The Beauty of Ireland and Art/ Politics
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"A terrible beauty" is a sort of what?
Oxymoron
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"That woman's days were spent..." is best compared to which other poem?
In Memory of Eva Gore Booth and Con Markievicz
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In what other poem does Yeats refer to death as "sleep"?
Man and the Echo
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What are the main themes of the poem?

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Death, The Beauty of Ireland and Art/ Politics

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"A terrible beauty" is a sort of what?

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"That woman's days were spent..." is best compared to which other poem?

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In what other poem does Yeats refer to death as "sleep"?

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