Renewal in Yeats's Second Coming and Eliot's Journey of the Magi process, but each focuses on different goals and topics; Eliot about the transformation of a particular person, while Yeats predicts a renewal of the entire world as a result of escalating chaos. And while Yeats attempts to present a definite picture of what he believes will happen upon this renewal, as a human being, lack of foresight leads him to conclude with nothing more than an unanswered question. Eliot, however, uses ambiguity to support and develop his theme: death is the path to rebirth. But for Eliot this rebirth, which must necessarily be dark, is full of doubt, accompanied by pain, and extremely disconcerting for the newborn (www.fgcu* 6). Eliot uses vague diction and imagery, and his narrative tone progresses towards a philosophical and doubtful discourse. In contrast, Yeats maintains a pessimistic tone created by his uselessness regarding the bleak situation the world is moving towards. Instead of projecting an inevitable and pessimistic end to the Christian era and a renewal of the world, as Yeats does in his poem "Second Coming", Eliot presents the renewal of a Magician, his way of life and his beliefs as a result of the birth of the Christian era. Yeats sees the world and civilization as a cycle: the world rotates over a period of two thousand years and begins again every two thousand years ("Twenty centuries... are renewed at last"). Yeats's view may lead to an initial response about the inevitability of the end of the world, and therefore no cause for concern, but his pessimistic view derives from society's message... middle of paper... Eliot's message , death leads to rebirth. Works Cited http://www.en.utexas.edu/~benjamin/316kf...studentprojects/kiplingyeats/falcon.html http://orchard.cortland.edu/intropoetry/essaytwo/bethka(cc).htmlhttp :/ /www.fgcu.edu/~wohlpart/eliot.html#poemKeane, Patrick J. Yeats' Interactions with Tradition. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1987. Peterson, Richard F. William Butler Yeats. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1982.Pinion, FB A TS Eliot Companion. Totowa, New Jersey: Barnes and Noble Books, 1986. Raphael, Burton. T. S. Eliot. New York: Frederick Publishing Co., 1982. Unterecker, John. A Reader's Guide to William Butler Yeats. New York: Octagon Publishers, 1983.Williamson, George. A reader's guide to T. S. Eliot; a poem through poetry analysis. New York: Octagon Books, 1966.

Topic > Renewal in Yeats's Second Coming and Eliot's Journey of the Magi process, but each focuses on different goals and topics; Eliot about the transformation of a particular person, while Yeats predicts a renewal of the entire world as a result of escalating chaos. And while Yeats attempts to present a definite picture of what he believes will happen upon this renewal, as a human being, lack of foresight leads him to conclude with nothing more than an unanswered question. Eliot, however, uses ambiguity to support and develop his theme: death is the path to rebirth. But for Eliot this rebirth, which must necessarily be dark, is full of doubt, accompanied by pain, and extremely disconcerting for the newborn (www.fgcu* 6). Eliot uses vague diction and imagery, and his narrative tone progresses towards a philosophical and doubtful discourse. In contrast, Yeats maintains a pessimistic tone created by his uselessness regarding the bleak situation the world is moving towards. Instead of projecting an inevitable and pessimistic end to the Christian era and a renewal of the world, as Yeats does in his poem "Second Coming", Eliot presents the renewal of a Magician, his way of life and his beliefs as a result of the birth of the Christian era. Yeats sees the world and civilization as a cycle: the world rotates over a period of two thousand years and begins again every two thousand years ("Twenty centuries... are renewed at last"). Yeats's view may lead to an initial response about the inevitability of the end of the world, and therefore no cause for concern, but his pessimistic view derives from society's message... middle of paper... Eliot's message , death leads to rebirth. Works Cited http://www.en.utexas.edu/~benjamin/316kf...studentprojects/kiplingyeats/falcon.html http://orchard.cortland.edu/intropoetry/essaytwo/bethka(cc).htmlhttp :/ /www.fgcu.edu/~wohlpart/eliot.html#poemKeane, Patrick J. Yeats' Interactions with Tradition. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1987. Peterson, Richard F. William Butler Yeats. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1982.Pinion, FB A TS Eliot Companion. Totowa, New Jersey: Barnes and Noble Books, 1986. Raphael, Burton. T. S. Eliot. New York: Frederick Publishing Co., 1982. Unterecker, John. A Reader's Guide to William Butler Yeats. New York: Octagon Publishers, 1983.Williamson, George. A reader's guide to T. S. Eliot; a poem through poetry analysis. New York: Octagon Books, 1966.