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Easter, 1916 is a poem by W. B. Yeats describing the poet's torn emotions regarding the events of the Easter Rising staged in Ireland against British rule on Easter Monday, April 24, 1916. The rebellion was unsuccessful, and most of the Irish republican leaders involved were executed.
By 1916, Yeats was 51 years old and determined to marry and produce an heir. His rival, John MacBride, had been executed for his role in the 1916 Easter Rising, so Yeats hoped that his widow, Maud Gonne, might remarry. [69] His final proposal to Gonne took place in mid-1916. [70]
The Easter Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na Cásca), [2] also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the aim of establishing an independent Irish Republic while the United Kingdom was fighting the First World War.
Michael Robartes and the Dancer is a 1920 book of poems by W. B. Yeats. It includes the poems: Michael Robartes and the Dancer; Solomon and the Witch; An Image from a Past Life; Under Saturn; Easter, 1916; Sixteen Dead Men; The Rose Tree; On a Political Prisoner; The Leaders of the Crowd; Towards Break of Day; Demon and Beast; The Second Coming ...
The event is the theme of W. B. Yeats' poem "Easter, 1916", first published this September. July 1 First day on the Somme: Poets W. N. Hodgson, Will Streets, Gilbert Waterhouse, Henry Field, Alfred Ratcliffe, Alexander Robertson and Bernard White are among the 19,000 British soldiers killed on this day alone. [3]
1916 – Responsibilities, and Other Poems [2] 1916 – Reveries Over Childhood and Youth, nonfiction [2] 1916 – Easter 1916 [2] 1917 – The Wild Swans at Coole, Other Verses and a Play in Verse, a significantly revised edition appeared in 1919 [2] 1918 – Per Amica Silentia Lunae; 1918 – In Memory of Major Robert Gregory; 1918 – The ...
2 April – W. B. Yeats's play At the Hawk's Well was first performed, privately in London. 7 August – There was a large audience at the Bohemian Theatre in Dublin for the first screening of the Film Company of Ireland's first film, O'Neill of the Glen. September – W. B. Yeats' poem Easter 1916 was written.
John MacBride (sometimes written John McBride; Irish: Seán Mac Giolla Bhríde; 7 May 1868 [1] – 5 May 1916) was an Irish republican and military leader. He was executed by the British government for his participation in the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin.