HUM 2213 brit&amir lit

This essay will follow the dictates of the Essay 1 Prompt; however, you’ll be responding to the following specific question: 

Focusing on a single text from our Modernism unit (i.e. a single poem or novel),

Second coming poem
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43290/the-second-coming

how do one or more of its formal elements respond to the crisis of representation? 

Formal elements refers to structural features of the literary work in question. Some (non-exclusive) formal elements that we’ve discussed in class include: parataxis, fragmentation, changes in perspective, stream of consciousness, focalization, and the use of foils or repeated elements. You may use your knowledge of other formal elements to answer this question. You should not repeat any analysis that you’ve done in any previous part of this exam.