... uses this metaphor of falconing to illustrate the loss of medieval hierarchical order and religious piety. Yeats further emphasizes the rupture of traditional societal structures by transparently stating that 'things fall apart/the center cannot hold/ mere anarchy is loosed' There is a subtle tonal shift from images of decay into symbols of gentrification. This is seen through the word 'loosed', and ... ...

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