Which set of lines in this excerpt from W.B. Yeats's "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" suggests that the speaker voluntarily chose to take part in the war?


[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.]
[Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,
Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,]

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Answer:

"Nor law, nor duty bade me fight. Nor public men, nor cheering crowds," are the lines that suggest that the speaker voluntarily chose to take part in the war.

Explanation:

"An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" is a poem written by Irish author William Buttler Yeasts first published in 1919. In the lines mentioned above, the narrator is expressing how going to the war was his own decision, and that neither the official authorities or the possibility of becoming a hero in the public eye interfered in his decision.

The set of lines suggesting that the speaker voluntarily chose to take part in the war is "Nor law, nor duty bade me fight. Nor public men, nor cheering crowds." (option E)

What is the poem about?

The speaker in "An Irish Airman Foresees his Death" is a man who has decided to die while defending his country. We can interpret his words as belonging to a man with great sense of responsibility and ethical duty.

The lines in option E show that he chose voluntarily to take part in the war. He is not doing it for fame or out of imposition and obligation. He wants to defend his country, and that is all that matters.

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