Ester 1916

Ans: The historical 'Easter Rising' took place in Ireland against British rule on Easter Monday, April 24, 1916.

Ans: The phrase 'terrible beauty' in “Easter 1916” refers to the creation of Irish national identity through the patriotic death of so many Irish revolutionaries.

Ans: The 'terrible beauty' in Easter 1916 is the patriotic death of so many Irish revolutionaries.

Ans: The poem "Easter 1916" about the events of the Easter Rising that took place in Ireland against British rule on Easter Monday, April 24, 1916.

Ans: Macbride was an Irish republican executed by the British for his participation in the 1916 Easter Rising.

Ans: Maud Gonne was an Irish revolutionary. She is also the beloved of William Butler Yeats.

Ans: The 'terrible beauty' to Yeats is the patriotic death of so many Irish revolutionaries.

Ans: A "terrible beauty" is born in Ireland by the patriotic death of Irish revolutionaries in the Easter uprising of 1916.

Ans: Macbride was an Irish republican executed by the British for his participation in the 1916 Easter Rising.

Ans: In the Christian faith, ‘Easter’ means the celebration of the resurrection of Christ three days after His crucifixion.

Ans: In "Easter 1916" "colour green" refers to the green motleys which are symbolic of Irish nationality.

Ans: The phrase "terrible beauty" in ‘Easter 1916’ by W B Yeats refers to the creation of the sense of Irish nationality through the patriotic death of Irish revolutionaries in 1916.

Ans: The 'stone' in the poem 'Easter 1916' symbolizes unity and inflexibility of purpose.

Ans: The title “Easter 1916” signifies the events of the Easter Rising that were staged in Ireland against British rule on Easter Monday, April 24, 1916.

Ans: The phrase "terrible beauty" in ‘Easter 1916’ by W B Yeats refers to the creation of the sense of Irish nationality through the patriotic death of Irish revolutionaries in 1916.

Ans: The 'terrible beauty' in Easter 1916 is the patriotic death of so many Irish revolutionaries.

Ans: The theme of the poem, 'Easter 1916' is the commemoration of the Irish revolutionaries who died fighting against British rule on Easter Monday, April 24, 1916.

Ans: The living stream in Easter 1916 means the shifting transience of popular moods, the complacency and indifference of everyday Irish society.

Ans: The lady referred to in most of poems by WB Yeats is Maud Gonne whom he loved.

Ans: John Macbride was an Irish republican executed by the British for his participation in the 1916 Easter Rising.

Ans: I. R. B. stands for The Irish Republican Brotherhood.

Ans: The stone in “Easter 1916” by Yeats symbolizes the strong determination of the Irish revolutionaries to make Ireland free.

Ans: Bethlehem is the place where Jesus Christ was born.

Ans: The horse, its rider, the birds, the cloud etc. are the symbols of change and flux.

Ans: Patrick Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh and James Conolly were some revolutionaries of Ireland.

Ans: John MacBride is referred to by ‘vainglorious lout’.

Ans: A white skull symbolizes the absence of creativity.

Ans: The Criterion was a British literary magazine published from October 1922 to January 1939. It was created by T. S. Eliot who served as its editor for its entire run.

Ans: Irony  is a rhetorical device or literary technique in which what appears to be the case differs radically from what is actually the case.

Ans: Stream of Consciousness refers to the flow of thoughts in the conscious mind. It is a literary technique that attempts to represent the inner workings of a character’s mind at all levels of awareness.