is poem was harmonic and he apologized in the poem by saying:Polite meaningless wordsAnd thought before I had doneOf a mocking tale or a gibeTo please a companion (Finneran 180)These lines reveal his regret about misjudging them. Moreover, there was a high cost to find out that truth. Thus, the mood was bittersweet, “All changed, changed utterly / A terrible beauty is born” (Finneran 180). Throughout the poem, Yeats hinted that the war between the British and Irish would continue. However, he suggested that although Ireland would be the eventual victor in the battle, many Irish people would sacrifice their lives during the war. Therefore, he reminded the audience that there was a terrible price for freedom.Yeats used figurative language to indicate the situation in Ireland. The poetic devices that he mainly used in these poems were symbolism, imagery, personification and oxymoron. Symbolism was widely used in “September 1913” and “Easter 1916.” In the former poem, he used “wild geese spread” and “wing upon every tide” (Finneran 108) to symbolize the nationalists who fled to different countries such as Spain, France and Austria. The names of some of the nationalists who sacrificed their lives fighting for freedom symbolize the glory of Ireland. Symbolism was also used in the title of the latter poem. The title word “Easter” (Finneran 180) referred to the resurrection of Christ, so it symbolized rebirth. Thus, it also symbolized the rebirth of Yeats connection with Ireland and his opinion of the middle classes.In “To Ireland in the Coming Times,” Yeats said, “Because the red-rose-bordered hem / Of her, whose history began” (Finneran 50). Yeats was personifying Ireland as a woman wearing a dress. Yeats wanted to imply that the history of Ireland was born by comparing with a woman who was giving birth after a difficult labour with &#...
