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10 January, 00:43

What does vexed mean as it is used in the second stanza of "The Second Coming"?

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angered

embarrassed

teased

tormented

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  1. 10 January, 01:08
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    tormented

    Explanation:

    In the poem Butler say that "That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare" the nightmares were annoying, it disturbed, tormented our sleep, he compares our waiting with sleeping, but such a long waiting is not a quiet sleep, instead we get tormented by nightmares.
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