On Mon, 2 Aug 2010, Mark Bennett wrote:
> That said, I don't see that "The Second Coming" is a reactionary poem.
> Perhaps Yeats intended it to be, but it has drifted away from any
> authorial intent and is a universal lament now, appropriate to many
> situations. Anyone pondering the enervation of the American Left when
> compared with the fury of the Tea Baggers would easily conclude that
> "the best lack all conviction, while the worst/are filled with
> passionate intensity."
I was all set to argue with you, and ask what you would do in that case with the falconer, the ceremony of innocence and, most of all, the apocalyptic sphinx?
But then I thought about climate change and realized it could be easily done.
Michael