Symbol/Theme #4

Time as a symbol in "Second Coming" and "As I walked out one evening" is viewed in two vasty different ways. When Time is spoken of in Second Coming, it is not directly named, yet it is referenced to when Yeats tells of how many years it has been since the first coming of Christ. Yeats may also be trying to say that when given to much time, one can become tainted as seen in the apocalyptic Second Coming. "As I walked out one evening" starts off with time being a great friend but as the poem progresses, Time becomes an enemy slowing breaking the two lovers apart until they are no more. Time is directly quoted in this poem and even is personified in some instances. Time as a symbol/theme is apparent in both poems whether it is directly or indirectly quoted.