In the first stanza of this poem, the poet rhymes "words" with "words," which is the only instance in this poem of a word being rhymed with itself.
In the first stanza of this poem, the poet rhymes "words" with "words," which is the only instance in this poem of a word being rhymed with itself. The subject of this poem is also featured in the final stanza of another poem by the same author, in which one figure who appears in this poem "summoned Cuchulain to his side"; that poem is called "The Statues." This poem, which describes a man who "rode our winged horse," claims that "Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart" and asks "Was it needless death after all?" The central figures of this poem are "changed, changed utterly," and include MacDonagh, MacBride, Connolly and Pearse. It begins "I have met them at close of day," and three of its four stanzas end with the refrain "A terrible beauty is born." For 10 points, name this poem about an Irish uprising by W. B. Yeats.
In the first stanza of this poem, the poet rhymes "words" with "words," which is the only instance in this poem of a word being rhymed with itself.
"Easter, 1916"