What does the phrase "mere anarchy" suggest in stanza one of "The Second Coming"? Click here to read the poem. the possibility for turmoil a disregard for order a pure state of lawlessness the threat of revolution

The poem "The Second coming" was written by William Butler Yeats. In the first stanza, he writes that "Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world". The phrase, "Mere anarchy" suggests a pure state of lawlessness. The word, 'anarchy' itself means a state of disorder caused by the absence of authority, or refusal to recognize constituted authority.