Easter 1916

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

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1. What is the main event that this poem is based on?

  • The Irish Civil War
  • The Easter Rising
  • The Easter Story
  • Irish War of Independence
  • The Dublin Lockout
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2. What are the main themes of the poem?

  • Art/ Politics, Love and Death
  • Mythology, Time and The Beauty of Ireland
  • Death, The Beauty of Ireland and Art/ Politics
  • Love, Time and Marriage
  • Death, Love and Memory

3. "A terrible beauty" is a sort of what?

  • Oxymoron
  • Alliteration
  • Metaphor
  • Onomatopeia
  • Similie

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

  • In Memory of Eva Gore Booth and Con Markievicz
  • The Stolen Child
  • September 1913
  • Wild Swans at Coole
  • Cat and the Moon

5. Which two men does Yeats talk about in this poem?

  • Edward Martyn and John Macbride
  • John Macbride and James Connolly
  • John O Leary and John Macbride
  • Edward Martyn and James Connolly
  • John O Leary and James Connolly

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