Question

In lines 13-16, of the poem "The Second Coming" the speaker's vision of a happy time is displaced by the vision of a

a. ghost ship
c.
masked murderer
D. stone sphinx
d.
battlefield strewn with skeletons

Answer 1

The correct answer is D. stone sphinx.

Step-by-step explanation:

In lines 13-16 of the poem "The Second Coming," the speaker's vision of a happy time is displaced by the vision of "a shape with lion body and the head of a man" which is described as a "vast image out of Spiritus Mundi." This image is commonly interpreted as a reference to the Sphinx, a mythical creature from Greek mythology. The stone sphinx is an unsettling image, which symbolizes the collapse of civilization and the loss of humanity's connection to the divine.