The title of which classic set in Africa is taken from a line in Yeats' poem The Second Coming and precedes the words 'the centre cannot hold'?
The Second Coming (poem) Bethlehem/It slouched and then" in the first verse. A 2016 analysis by Factiva showed that lines from the poem were quoted more often in the first seven months of 2016 than in any of the preceding 30 years. In the context of political turmoil after the Brexit referendum and Donald Trump's election, commentators repeatedly invoked its lines: "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold." The Second Coming (poem) "The Second Coming" is a poem written by Irish poet W. B. Yeats in 1919, first printed in "The Dial" in November 1920, and afterwards included in his 1921 collection of verses
The Second Coming (poem) The Second Coming (poem) "The Second Coming" is a poem written by Irish poet W. B. Yeats in 1919, first printed in "The Dial" in November 1920, and afterwards included in his 1921 collection of verses "Michael Robartes and the Dancer". The poem uses Christian imagery regarding the Apocalypse and Second Coming allegorically to describe the atmosphere of post-war Europe. It is considered a major work of modernist poetry and has been reprinted in several collections, including "The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry". The poem was written in 1919 in the aftermath of the First World War and the beginning