Both poets express the modernist views that looked toward a new set of values rather than seeking new ways of advancement and technology. Hopkins urges mankind to see God in the world around him and Yeats urges man to see the goodness in each other before it is too late.

Another take on the state of the world can be seen in William Butler Yeats' poem, "Easter 1916," which is filled with a bleak outlook. The poet writes about the people he sees on the street with "polite meani

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