Easter 1916 | Analysis

Her ser du vores study guide til digtet “Easter 1916” af William Butler Yeats, hvor vi guider dig godt igennem alle de væsentligste analytiske termer og temaer, som du bør kende, når du giver dig i kast med din egen analyse.

Præsentation af teksten

Titel: “Easter 1916”
Forfatter: William Butler Yeats
Udgivelsesår: 1921 (skrevet i 1916)
Genre: Poetry

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) var en berømt, irsk poet, som var en nøglefigur i symbolist-bevægelsen. Mange af Yeats' digte fokuserer på irske temaer og problemstillinger, hvoraf “Easter 1916” er ét af dem, idet det handler om den irske kamp for uafhængighed og specifikt om påskeoprøret i 1916.

Uddrag

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Type of words used

The poem is filled with adjectives that suggest both the negative and positive consequences of the Easter Rising. Some of the positive adjectives are “vivid” (l. 2), “polite” (l. 6), “sweet” (l. 21), “beautiful” (l. 22), “enchanted” (l. 42) and they show the way in which people were innocent and bound to live happily before joining the Irish cause. On the other hand, adjectives such as “terrible” (l. 16), “casual” (l. 37), “ignorant” (l. 8), “vainglorious” (l. 32) or “needless” (l. 67) suggest that war is destructive and removes everything that is pure and innocent from people and the world.