Thursday, March 26, 2009
Sermo Lupi ad Anglos &The Second Coming
In reviewing both readings I believe that I may have been able to indirectly connect them through God. Though Yeats does not directly imply that God is discussed in The Second Coming, I sensed that God is represented through the falconer. Just like the falcon, the people in Sermo Lupi are pushing themselves further and further from God or the "falconer". God released us into the world like the falconer released the falcon, and our sins or wrongdoings are bringing trouble into the world and turning us away from God. As a punishment for their sins, these people have endured troubles back at them for what they have done and a revelation is needed to save them. In Sermo lupi, the sermon declares that they people must change and follow God, but I believe that The Second Coming reveals that Jesus is their revelation. It wasn't until the end where Yeats mentions Bethlehem that I made this discovery and realized that this "second coming" was going to the save the people from their sins.
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I like your thinking! The Second Coming is a strange and difficult poem - you miss the mark, but I see wheels turning, which is the important thing in the journals.
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