Easter 1916 Quotations
Quotes
Explanation: The poet says everything has changed completely. A new, strange but powerful thing has started because of the sacrifice.“All changed, changed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.”
Explanation: The poet says that sacrificing too much can make a person hard and cold inside. It shows the pain of a long struggle.“Too long a sacrifice
Can make a stone of the heart.”
Explanation: People who have one strong goal become very focused. Their dedication makes them like a hard stone in the flowing river of life.“Hearts with one purpose alone
Through summer and winter seem
Enchanted to a stone
To trouble the living stream.”
Explanation: The poet names four leaders who died in the uprising. He says people will remember them forever wherever Irish people live.“MacDonagh and MacBride
And Connolly and Pearse
Now and in time to be,
Wherever green is worn,”