November 2020 marked the 100th anniversary of the most quoted poem of modern times, "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats. Since we were in the middle of a global pandemic and a bitterly contested election, you may not have noticed. Poynter Magazine did notice, however, and their celebratory article displayed the following title and lede:
"Happy 100th anniversary to the poem that every writer needs to know—'The Second Coming,' by the Irish poet William Butler Yeats, which offers many lessons in a year in which the world seems to be falling apart."
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