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The Second Coming

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1919

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Literary Device Answers

1. C

2. A

3. B

4. first-person

5. There are several acceptable answers, including “darkness drops” (Line 18), and “centuries of stony sleep” (Line 19).

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