Question

My country is Kilkartan cross, my countrymen Kilkartan poor, no likely end could bring them loss or leave them happier than before. What paraI 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; which line best emphasizes they speakers idea of death

Answer 1

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.

Step-by-step 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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Answer 2

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."