The Easter 1916 by Yeats describes the people living in Ireland and how they were living together. The poem focuses on the relationship, the defectors, the rise of Easter, and the mentioning of the martyrs and hopes for liberation. In Shelley’s poem, England in 1819, the poet focused on condemning the King, describing the political disrespect the hopelessness in the country due to the monarchy system of leadership.
The poem by Shelley, “England 1819”, has a harsher political message than Yeats’ poem. The writer accused the monarchy of having no mercy for humans, depending on the poor to provide for the ruling class, and the arm for killing innocent people for no reason.
Furthermore, religion, the law system, and the state were condemned. Thus, the writer had no hope of ruling the country due to the monarchy system. Indeed, the first line of the first stanza states, “an old, mad, blind, and dying King”, which directly attacks the King and describes the old King of England.
Furthermore, the religion and the senate were accused of being “Christless, godless, a book sealed; a senate, time’s worse statutes”. The old system of ruling in England was described as ineffective, and the poet provided a sense of evolution in the last line that shows the possibility of changing the traditional leadership system.
The poem by Shelley was risky since it touched directly on the ruling system. The poem was based on the government’s actions, the army, and the ruling system, which could cause problems for the writer. By referring to the “rulers who neither see, nor feel nor know, the poet sent a direct message to the King. Furthermore, the ruling system was described as brutal by killing its people, which means exposing such things was risky.