The Second Coming “The Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats describes two very different points of view of two very different types of people. The poem describes the white man’s thoughts about how uncivilized and unholy the native peoples of Africa were, and yet it also describes how uncivilized and dictatorial the white men were. This poem can be considered prophetic of some world events in the 20th Century because of the fact that …showed first 75 words of 477 total…

…showed last 75 words of 477 total…remaining rituals and religions that had been passed on from generation to generation. It also foretold that man would come because of the birth of the Christian faith. This poem clearly outlines the hardships and emotions that all the people in Africa had to put up with and overcome. The hidden meanings of “The Second Coming” clearly depict a tragic story of man’s natural ability to fear and change what he does not know.