Hector

English

24 November, 14:20

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,]