Question

Which set of lines in this excerpt from "easter, 1816" by w. b. yeats suggests that the speaker had only a limited acquaintance with the people he is writing about?

Answer 1

Answer:

Option #1:

I have passed with a nod of the head

Or polite meaningless words,

Or have lingered awhile and said

Polite meaningless words,

Prompt:

Select the correct text in the passage.

Which set of lines in this excerpt from "Easter, 1816" by W. B. Yeats suggests that the speaker had only a limited acquaintance with the people he is writing about?

I have met them at close of day

Coming with vivid faces

From counter or desk among grey

Eighteenth-century houses.

[Option #1:] I have passed with a nod of the head

Or polite meaningless words,

Or have lingered awhile and said

Polite meaningless words,

And thought before I had done

Of a mocking tale or a gibe

To please a companion

Around the fire at the club,

[Option #2:] Being certain that they and I

But lived where motley is worn:

All changed, changed utterly:

A terrible beauty is born.

. . .

[Option #3:] Hearts with one purpose alone

Through summer and winter seem  

Enchanted to a stone

To trouble the living stream.

Commentary: I hope that this helps you. The Lord bless you and keep you, my friend. Shalom