Yeats and McCarthy

After you read "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats, I want you to think back on your reading of Cormac McCarthy's The Road.  In a well-organized essay, discuss the poem in regards to the novel.  How does each author view the apocalypse?  What about their works is similar?  What about their works are different?  What message does each piece convey, and how do these messages relate to one another?  Why do you suppose The Road and "The Second Coming" are considered to be modernist works? (use your knowledge of literary devices in your essay!).

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