"Easter 1916" by W.B. Yeats (poetry)

A poem about the Irish uprising of Easter, 1916. He says "a terrible beauty is born". The "lout" he mentions as a hero is MacBride.

If you don't like my reading, here are four readings on librivox that you may like better.
http://www.archive.org/details/easter_1916_0904_librivox

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• Easter
• 1916
• MacBride
• Connolly
• Pearce
• MacDonagh
• Yeats

[Aristo94]

is that an irish speaker?

[SpokenVerse]

@Aristo94 Irish on mother's side, Yorkshire on father's side, raised in southern England.

[FirstCause75]

1916....Yeats is one of the giants of western lit. (in my opinion)....thanks!!

[globberbut246]

b.e.a.utiful

[SensieSanzashi]

I can truly relate to this poem, being myself, Irish, and a product of the Orange and the Green. I find it interesting that Yeates was raised a Protestant, and he too always felt at odds. He as well, believed in God and the Soul. Troubles indeed, very troubling?

[AGlycerineSilkQuorum]

Interestingly, the date of the Easter Rising can be seen in the structure of the poem also: there are 16 lines (for 1916) in the first and third stanzas, 24 lines (for April 24, the date the Rising began) in the second and fourth stanzas, and four stanzas in total (which refers to April, the fourth month of the year). from wikipedia.

[philly501]

Really excellent reading of the poem! It suits the tone of the poem perfectly.

[TheJackyyy]

i managed to sneak in part of this poem into my history coursework, using it as a source :) He manages to capture the moment in history brilliantly, and, i must say,your reading is beautiful, sends chills down my spine

[todayinlondon]

Very well read, bravo.

[irishelk2]

Bravo

[TheGuerrillaPoet]

Yeats is one of my favourite poets....

[Kobaganda]

Such a beutiful reading.

[dinosaurcommunity]

Thank you so much, these helped me to memorise really well! :)