How do Irish nationalism and the struggle for Irish independence influence Yeats’s work?

What is the central idea of this excerpt?

[he] let his gaze wander to the swirling water of the stream racing madly beneath his feet. a piece of dancing driftwood caught his attention and his eyes followed it down the current. how slowly it appeared to move! what a sluggish stream! what contrasting words are used to describe the stream in this passage?

Ineed to write a write a 4–5 paragraph compare and contrast essay that addresses how anne frank matures over the course of writing her diary. it's also a compare and contrast essay i just got put into this new class and i don't know if we were supposed to already be reading and the essay is due today and i haven't even started it nor read the book, someone me what do i do