In at least two hundred words, discuss the phrase “the ceremony of innocence is drowned.” explain what this phrase means and how it might apply to things fall apart.

In the poem "The Second Coming"  written by William Yeats, the author explores Anarchy and chaotic scenarios where things fall apart and order can only be reestablished by the return of Jesus Christ on earth.

When the author uses the phrase "The ceremony of innocence is drowned" he refers to a set of circumstances of violence, brutality and horror caused by what he calls "a loose blood dimmed tide" which suffocates purity and freshness, describing a cataclysm; worthy of resemblance to biblical passages of events involving destruction on a catastrophic scale such as Noah’s flood, or the total and final destruction of the world, described in the book of Revelation as "The Apocalypse".

The poem seems to be the author's emotional release after the presumable trauma of World War I around that time in Europe, since it was written in 1919.

It's an evident appeal to a Christian concept in seek of spiritual refreshment as a cathartic method to purge his likely repressed emotions in the post-war environment.

innocence can be defined as the lack of sin, relating it with the lack of guilt, also it can be a synonime of naivety. most people agree that sins are made out of experiences, intentionally or not, as well as you stop being naive once certain things happen to you throughout your life. so, with this explained, the chosen answers are:

when the boy saw the effects of war, he no longer viewed life as innocent.

the loss of innocence is a result of gaining experience and making mistakes.

one way to define innocence is as a lack of worldly experience or sophistication.

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