Find quotes from this poem, with commentary from Shmoop. Pick a theme below to begin.
Good vs. Evil Quotes
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. (lines 5-8)
Society and Class Quotes
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; (lines 1-2)
Versions of Reality Quotes
"Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed" (lines 3-5)
Warfare Quotes
"Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned;" (lines 4-6)
Memory and The Past Quotes
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; (lines 1-2)