Question

historical context of easter 1916?​

Answer 1

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It commemorates the martyrs of the Easter Rising, an insurrection against the British government in Ireland in 1916, which resulted in the execution of several Irish nationalists whom Yeats knew personally. The poem examines the nature of heroism and its incongruity with everyday life.

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