Question

Read the excerpt.

From “The Wild Swans at Coole” by William Butler Yeats Unwearied still, lover by lover, They paddle in the cold Companionable streams or climb the air; Their hearts have not grown old; Passion or conquest, wander where they will, Attend upon them still.
What assumption about the speaker’s perspective of aging is expressed in this stanza from “The Wild Swans at Coole”?


Some people remain young forever.

Everybody must age regardless of a desire not to.

To age involves change and loss.

Age is a healthy process by which a person matures.

Answer 1

to age involves change and loss

Answer 2

Some people remain young forever.

The excerpt describes the swan as not aging at heart. It describes them as still being able to "wander where they will". While we know that everything ages physically, the author is showing how not everything about a person, or swan, must age. It's important here to eliminate options. The passage does not say anything about growing old, aging or changing. It says "hearts have not grown old." Any option that suggests the opposite should be eliminated. This means B-D should be eliminated.