Thread: 1916 The Easter Rising (Ireland)
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Old 03-12-2016, 06:25 PM   #2
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One of the finest poems in the English language was inspired by the Easter Rising, W.B.Yeats' "Easter 1916". It is a very short poem, but vasty.

Anything I've read is fairly old, but here is a recent survey article from the Irish Times:
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/bo...umes-1.2498318
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