Crisis of Modernity in ‘The Second Coming’ and ‘Adbhut Andhar Ek’ (A Strange Darkness)
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Both William Butler Yeats and Jibanananda Das experienced the British subjugation in their respective countries and were deeply concerned with the plague of the modern society. ‘The Second Coming’ is Yeats’ one of the greatest poems. Here he laments over the pathetic condition of modern people who ‘fall apart’, with systems collapsed and spiritually bareness for which he foresees the upcoming endless cruel danger in the form of sphinx rather than the hopeful second coming of the Jesus Christ. Whereas, Jibanananda Das envisions the polluted picture of the society of Bengal in his short poem ‘Adbhut Andhar Ek (A Strange Darkness)’. Das’s portrayal of the society here is dominated by the evil people who are devoid of efficiency, morality, honesty and sympathy. The influential evil people of the society are treading down the good fellows. Thus, the society is in the eminent darkness where the evils rule supreme. Now in this paper, there will be an attempt to make a comparative study of ‘The Second Coming’ by William Butler Yeats and the poem ‘Adbhut Andhar Ek (A Strange Darkness)’ by Jibanananda Das.
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