Yeats’ Second Coming and Cummings’ what if a much of a which of a wind

The shutdown of the World in Yeats flake Coming and Cummings what if a very much of a which of a arouse Hellfire and brimstone, a massive environmental disaster, a third World War how will the instauration sack? This issue can stop conversations, or start minute extensive arguments it can start a religion, or cause people to forswear their faith. The answer to the ubiquitous question of how the world will eventually decease is a paradox to know the answer means that the final hour has come. Both E.E. Cummings and William Butler Yeats take their premonitions about when and why this fearsome event may occur. Both prophetize about the horrific destruction of the world in their poems, what if a much of a which of a wind and The Second Coming however, Cummings and Yeats disagree on the final cause of this destruction. fleck both utilize graphic imagination, stark contrast, and unique syntax to censure their readers about the evils of mankind, Cummings predicts societys irre sponsible use of technology will get the worlds end, fleck Yeats believes that men themselves, the worst full of fervent intensity, will at long last cause the downfall of civilization. Cummings use of intense and somewhat disturbing imagery in his poem what if a much of a which of a wind urges readers to realize the extent of the devastation caused by catastrophic, preventable, destruction. The first stanza of the poem, describing images such as the sun bloodying the leaves, evokes terror in the reader. The thought of the sun, usually associated with warmth and love, destroying something that it has helped to develop, forthwith parallels technologys current role in society. Technology, usually thought of as effective to mankind, slowly destroys the society that it ... ...thinkers since the beginning of time. E.E. Cummings and William Butler Yeats felt compelled to express their thoughts as to the imminent destruction of mankind. However, what they were unaware of at the the time that they wrote their prognostic poems, was how frighteningly true their predictions almost came. Yeats commentary regarding the leaders of the world and their passionate intensity prophetized the Holocaust of World War II and the autocracies created by Hitler and Stalin, while the masses lacking all conviction sat and watched with passive indifference. E.E. Cummings comment of mans misuse of technology, was exemplified by the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These poets sounded an alarm that was neglected hopefully we are now prepared to heed their warnings so that their critical predictions will not prove to be ultimately true.