Volume-XII, Issue-V, September 2026 |
Revolutions in Verse: A New Historicist Interpretation of Yeats’s “Easter 1916” and Auden’s “Spain” Nishat Anjum Risa, Lecturer, Department of English, Netrokona University, Netrokona, Bangladesh |
Received: 05.09.2026 | Accepted: 19.09.2026 | Published Online: 30.09.2026 | Page No: 120-128 | ||||
DOI: 10.29032/ijhsss.vol.12.issue.05W.378 | |||||||
ABSTRACT | ||
This study showcases how twentieth century poetry reflects a world shaken and traumatized by two world wars as well as regional civil unrests. During this era, common people fought to claim their rights and hope in the darkness of the political and social sphere. The phrase by Yeats, “A terrible beauty is born” highlights the emotional strength and spirit of the commoners. This turmoil influenced W. B. Yeats and W. H. Auden to hold their pens in depicting the chaos of uprising and war in the poems “Easter 1916” where Irish struggle for independence is showed and “Spain” which is representation of the broader ideological battles of the century. Both poets were deeply affected by the global chaos and chose to express their responses through verses. From New Historicist perspective, these poems are cultural works of the twentieth century portraying how ideas and values were shaped and confronted across the world. These two poems have become powerful lenses to understand the cultural and intellectual history of that time. The research was done by following qualitative textual analysis and theory informed close reading has been used to thematically analyze the poems. To get more inclusive data and information for a reliable development of research, books, articles, journals, and other online resources have been used as secondary sources. | ||
Keywords: History, hope, political, struggle, wars |