Easter 1916 By William Yeats
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“Easter 1916” is a poem by William Yeats that pertains to Irish nationalists revolting against the British Empire. Yeats uses a stream in the poem to represent Britain and its constant rush on the Irish rebels. He uses a stone embedded in the stream that causes steady disruption and chaos of ....
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.... Irish rebels.
A horse-hoof slides on the brim,
And a horse plashes within it;
The long-legged moor-cocks call;
Minute by minute they live:
The stone’s in the midst of it all (932)
Here is an example of events supporting the stone’s cause, in which the overall constancy is maintained. This constant is the underlying strive of the stone to disrupt the stream enough to cause a response that will favor the stone’s well being, that is independence. Indeed the disturbances and spla ....
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