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Empty chairs and decorated tables are set up in Neumarkt square to call attention to the difficult situation of hotel and restaurant owners as the spread of the coronavirus continues, Dresden, Germany. Photo: Reuters

Does coronavirus presage the ‘Second Coming’?

Did ‘The Second Coming’, a seminal poem composed by WB Yeats, prophesise the coming of Covid-19? A close dissection of the poem tries to find out