"The Second Coming," Vocabulary from the poem by W.B. Yeats

Born in 1865, William Butler Yeats lived during troubled times in Ireland. A mix of faith and fear can be seen in this poem, which later inspired a novelist writing about a troubled time in Nigeria's history.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 10 Unit 3's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Things Fall Apart, Prayer to the Masks, The Second Coming, Things Fall Apart (excerpts), An African Voice

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