Question

I know that I shall meet my fate

Somewhere among the clouds above

—"An Irish Airman Foresees His Death,"
W. B. Yeats
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Which statement best describes the effect of meter in the first line of the poem?

A) The stress on shall meet emphasizes the speaker's desire to make new friends.
B) The stress on I and my emphasizes that the speaker is selfish and self-centered.
C) The stress on know and fate emphasizes the speaker's certainty that he will die in combat.

Answer 1

Answer: C) The stress on know and fate emphasizes the speaker's certainty that he will die in combat

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

The correct answer is C) The stress on know and fate emphasizes the speaker's certainty that he will die in combat.
The name of the poem itself is - An Irish Airman Foresees His Death - so obviously the poem will have something to do with dying, or fear of death. Option C is the only one which shows such an emotion - A is incorrect because friends are not mentioned anywhere in the excerpt, and B is incorrect because we don't see him being selfish - we see him reconciling with the fact that he is going to die.