Read the final verse.
From “The Wild Swans at Coole”
But now they drift on the still water,
Mysterious, beautiful;
Among what rushes will they build,
By what lake’s edge or pool
Delight men’s eyes when I awake some day
To find they have flown away?
The speaker says he will “awake some day / To find they have flown away?” What might this flight represent for him?
A.
loss of the swans
B.
loss of youth
C.
loss of the seasons
D.
loss of hope