Arrange the following poems by W. B. Yeats in chronological order:
- A. 'Adam's Curse'
- B. 'Among School Children'
- C. 'The Second Coming'
- D. 'The Wild Swans at Coole'
- E. 'Under Ben Bulben'
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Correct answer: D. A, D, C, B, E
Explanation
'Adam's Curse' (1902–03) → 'The Wild Swans at Coole' (1917) → 'The Second Coming' (1920) → 'Among School Children' (1927–28) → 'Under Ben Bulben' (1939), which ends with his epitaph.
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