William Butler Yeats the second coming : a stylistic study in terms of collocation

Abstract EN

The present research paper aims at analyzing William Butler Yeats' poem "The second coming" stylistically in terms of collocation.

The paper consists of five sections, the first one presents some definitions of collocation to shed light on the scope of the study of collocation.

The second section introduces W.

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Yeats' life briefly to explain the various poetic purposes that he had written about particularly the political purposes.

The third section in this paper deals with the interpretation of Yeats' poem "The Second Coming" according to some of the critics' opinions.

The fourth section can be considered as the practical part of the study, this section includes the analysis of "The second Coming" stylistically in terms of collocation.

The fifth section is devoted to reveal the conclusions that are drawn up from this study.

The paper ends up with a list of references.