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Irish writer William Butler Yeats, winner of the 1923
Nobel Prize for literature, composed some of the most respected poetry of the
20th century. The themes of art, Irish nationalism, and occult studies all
serve as central ideas in Yeats’s works. Here, an actor recites a portion of
Yeats’s poem “Second Coming” (1920-1921), which prophesies an imminent
Armageddon. After Yeats's death, the stream of vital poetry he fostered
continued to flow.