What does vexed mean as it is used in the second stanza of "the second coming"? click here to read the poem. angered embarrassed teased tormented

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.

cassius, casca, and their allies plant false documents to manipulate brutus to join their cause to remove caesar. after doing so, they visit brutus at night in his home to persuade him of their views. there they plan caesar's death. brutus is troubled but refuses to confide in his devoted wife, portia. on 15 march, caesar's wife, calpurnia, urges him not to go to the senate. she has had visionary dreams and fears the portents of the overnight storms.