Question

"I have met them at close of day " who are 'them' referred to in the quoted line??​

Answer 1

I have met them at close of day

Coming with vivid faces

From counter or desk among grey

These lines evoke in the reader thoughts of a person walking the streets of Ireland, taking in the atmosphere and being one with their region. The poetic words “desk among grey” refer to the city life and hint of a lack of enthusiasm for the work life. Yeats uses the “I” perspective to be able to provide his own perspectives on what was happening in Ireland and provide an intimate feeling to the troubled times. He wrote the poem shortly after the Easter Uprising was brought to its end.

The “vivid” faces are described as lively in “Easter, 1916” as they were likely youths who want to take over the British rule to gain independence for their homeland. The first stanza then moves from empowerment to a more somber tone with its last line, which is:

Answer 2

Answer:

i have met them for a close of the day