Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe chose a line from William Butler Yeats's "The Second Coming" as his title for Things Fall Apart. Why might Achebe have chosen this line from this poem? Are there thematic links between the two texts? Please discuss.

Chinua Achebe chose a line from William Butler Yeats's "The Second Coming" as his title for Things Fall Apart. Why might Achebe have chosen this line from this poem? Are there thematic links between the two texts? Please discuss.

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