Ghalib’s sacred version of “I’ve made my home next door to you” and Yeats’ “The Second Coming” both portray a god in a very nontraditional way. Ghalib casts his god as beloved person who torments worshippers, and Yeats portrays Jesus as a “rough beast.” Compare and contrast how these portrayals support the message in each poem.
Choose three of the following questions and respond to them in at least one full page each. Essay Question 1: Although written over a hundred years apart, Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” and Yeats’ “Leda and the Swan” are both poems that reflect on particular moments in time and meditate on their historical significance. For Wordsworth, the […]