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,]

Writers try to let us know what is central to their writing. when we notice words such as "meanwhile," "afterward," "before," or "previously," an author is letting us know the order in which events happen. a paragraph that mostly uses these key words is arranged in what structural form?

By comparing part 1 and 2 of polar opposites what does it mean by polar opposites

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .