Question

Which set of lines in this excerpt from W.B. Yeats's "Easter, 1916" suggests that his response to the Easter Rising goes beyond personal animosity?
1.That woman's days were spent
In ignorant good-will,
Her nights in argument
Until her voice grew shrill.
2.This man had kept a school
And rode our wingèd horse
3.He might have won fame in the end,
So sensitive his nature seemed,
So daring and sweet his thought.
4.He had done most bitter wrong
To some who are near my heart,
Yet I number him in the song;

Answer 1

The set of lines that suggests his response to the Easter Rising goes beyond personal animosity are

4. He had done most bitter wrong

To some who are near my heart,

Yet I number him in the song

During the Easter Riots, there were 66 killed and 16 executed Irish insurrectionists, and some of them migh have been friends and loved ones for the speaker. After these events, he is still coping with the tragedy and wondering whether the rebellion was worth it. Still, despite all the violence he feels compelled to acknowledge these revolutionaries in his poem.