Question

Read these lines from William Butler Yeat's "The Second Coming."

"Turning and turning in the widening gyre/The falcon cannot hear the falconer;/Thing fall apart; the center cannot hold;/Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world..."

Which of these best restates what is being described?

A. The world has ended
B. The world is descending into chaos
C. There is about to be a worldwide political revolution
D. There has been a return to the world's earliest epoch

Answer 1

B. The world is descending into chaos

Step-by-step explanation:

"The falcon cannot hear the falconer"

There is something wrong happening.

"Thing fall apart, the center cannot hold"

There's nothing good in falling apart.

But here is the most important part:

"Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world..."

Anarchy is often used as a synonym of Chaos (although it doesn't really mean it). The idea that no rules will makes us all descend into chaos is not a new one. With anarchy loosed upon the world, the author seems to state that the world is in chaos.

Answer 2

B. The world is descending into chaos

Step-by-step explanation:

The poem "The Second Coming" from William Butler Yeats was written after the World War I that leaved Europe with great damaged, this poem refers to future violence, a time where the world will fall into chaos, later came the World War II that was a time of confusion and anarchy for the world.