One keyword that is present in this poem is the other. In the text, Americans view the author as an other, as they come from a different culture. However, the author then points out the fact that these cultures have more in common than they realize.

Why does the author choose to use similes and metaphors, such as "I roll dizzily toward them like the bowling ball of very bad bowler" and "they meet in my head like the walls of the Red Sea crashing together"?

Observation: Yeats continues to make references to Christianity

Question: Why does Yeats use animal imagery, such as falcons and lions?