The Dogs of War In his poem, "The Second Coming", William Butler Yeats uses strong, precise syntax to make the reader feel the intensity of his words while conveying a dark atmosphere that gives the reader an uncertain ... that the poem is a warning, telling the reader of the downfall of man that we will bring upon ourselves rather than by Christ. Particularly in the first stanza, Yeats uses punctuation to separate each point that he is trying to project. Each semi-colon represents a singular, complex idea while commas are used to contrast the idea within ... atmosphere molds the same tone i...

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• Grade Level: High School