Easter, 1916

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Easter, 1916 is a poem by W. B. Yeats describing the poet's torn emotions regarding the events of the Easter Rising staged in Ireland against British rule on Easter Monday, April 24, 1916. The rebellion was unsuccessful, and sixteen of the Irish republican leaders involved were executed. The poem was written between May and September 1916, with an initial issue of 25 copies which were printed privately. It was first published in 1921 in the collection Michael Robartes and the Dancer.

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