Yeats wrote this poem to illustrate the scenario of WWI and to honour a friend of his. He was an Irish aviator. This is the first part of the poem : "I know that I shall meet my fate// Somewhere among the clouds above; // Those that I fight I do not hate // Those that I guard I do not love; // My country is Kiltartan Cross,//My countrymen Kiltartan’s poor, //No likely end could bring them loss //Or leave them happier than before.". The speak knows he will die when he says: " ..meet my fate //...... clouds above." He will die for his country and he is convinced that this has been a good cause : " Those that I fight......"; " Those .....not love." He is beyond what he feels towards people. He has chosen to fight for his country and to free his country from poverty. " My country is......"//; // ......Kiltartan's poor."
Question:
A) My country is Kilkartan cross, my countrymen Kilkartan poor, no likely end could bring them loss or leave them happier than before.
B) What paraI know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above;
C) Those that I fight I do not hate Those that I guard I do not love;
Which line best emphasizes they speakers idea of death
Answer:
Line B is the one which which emhasizes the speakers Idea of death.
Explanation
This poem was written by Yeats an Irish soldier, in 1918, right in the middle of World War I.
It was said that he had a premonition of his own death when he penned the the lines above speaking of death.
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