Broov
Broov
18.07.2021 • 
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Read this excerpt from William Butler Yeats’ “The Second Coming” and answer the question. Turning and turning in the widening gyre

The falcon cannot hear the falconer;

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,

The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere

The ceremony of innocence is drowned;

The best lack all conviction, while the worst

Are full of passionate intensity.

What is a likely reason Yeats classifies “passionate intensity” as worse than a “lack of conviction”?

a) A “passionate intensity” for certain ideals can be destructive.
b) Yeats is criticizing the loss of innocence.
c) Yeats is cynical and believes passion is a wasteful emotion of youth.
d) A “passionate intensity” is what causes the lack of conviction.

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