A-Z: Literary titles from the Bible
- Quo Vadis?
- Rainbow, The
- Rainbow, The
- Rainbow: or curious covenant, The
- Redemption
- Remember me implored the thief
- Resurrection
- Rizpah
- Rock, The
- Root of all evil, The
- Rosa Mystica
- Sabbath, The
- Saint Mary Magdalene or the weeper
- Salome
- Samson Agonistes
- Samson and Delilah
- Samson to his Delilah
- Sarah
- Saved
- Second Coming, The
- Seed of Adam
- Sharing Eve's apple
- Shepherds, The
- Simon the Cyrennian speaks
- Sion lies waste
- Sitting by a bush in broad daylight
- Song of Saul before his last battle
- St. Mary Magdalene
- St. Matthew & St. Mark & St. Luke & St. John
- St. Paul
- Stanzas on the Psalms
- Stephen to Lazarus
- Stone, The
- Story of Joshua, The
- Take ye heed, watch and pray
- Temple, The
- They wondered why the fruit had been forbidden
- This bread I break
- Thorn in the flesh, The
- Thou art indeed just, Lord
- Three Kings, The
- Till We Have Faces
- To be a [3pilgrim3]
- To Dives
- To him that was crucified
- To the garden the world
- Tower of Babel, The
- Trial of Jesus, The
- Two went up to the temple to pray
- Unpardonable Sin, The
A-Z: Literary titles from the Bible: Second Coming, The
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PoemDefinition
By refering to a 'rough beast' Yeats is ironically inverting the reference to what should be the glorious return of Christ in all his splendour and power, known as the Second ComingCultural References
Big ideas: JudgementTitle (eventually used as name) given to Jesus, refering to an anointed person set apart for a special task such as a king.
In Christian theology the doctrine that Jesus Christ will return to the earth for a second time, but this time for the purposes of judgement and the bringing in of a new world.
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