L Lady Annabella Guest Jan 10, 2009 #2 In the Second Coming, the gyre has several meanings. It can be explained by the reference to the falcon in line 2 (it represents the flight of the falcon), but I think it also has to do with Yeats' vision of history as a cyclical process.
In the Second Coming, the gyre has several meanings. It can be explained by the reference to the falcon in line 2 (it represents the flight of the falcon), but I think it also has to do with Yeats' vision of history as a cyclical process.
