Gyre
Definition: a circular or spiral movement pattern
It comes from the Latin word for “circle.”
Why I Looked It Up
I found it in the Yeats poem “The Second Coming.”
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer…
Definition: a circular or spiral movement pattern
It comes from the Latin word for “circle.”
I found it in the Yeats poem “The Second Coming.”
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer…