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2. How does Yeats describe old people in Sailing to Byzantium? Why is there no place for old

people in the "country" of the first stanza? (Connect to Essential Question #2: How does
literature change or reflect society?)

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Answer:Here are the answers to the given questions above.

1. In Yeats’ poem “The Second Coming,” the falcon and the falconer are images that most likely represent something out of control and unnatural. The answer is the first option.

2. Based on Yeats’ poems “Sailing to Byzantium” and “When You Are Old,” he most likely views old age and death as being sad and depressing. The answer would be the third option.

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