W.B. Yeats, "No Second Troy".

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chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 30d (1 reply)

What does the

Hurled the little streets upon the great

bit mean?

Coelacanth@feddit.nu · 2 pts · 30d

Inciting revolution, specifically agitating the "little" Irish people to rise against the "great" English. The poem is about Maud Gonne.