Read the excerpt below and answer the question. i lived in the first century of world wars. i lived in the first century of these wars. these words are the first and last lines of the poem. what is the best explanation of why rukeyser repeats them? to highlight her wish to become a soldier to emphasize the idea that war is violent to remind the reader that war is unavoidable to hope that world wars will come to an end

d) to hope that world wars will come to an end

Explanation: In the given excerpt we can see the first and the last lines of the poem by Rukeyser, these lines read "I live in the first century of world wars", and she repeated it in the last line, this is because she hopes that world wars will come to an end, she expresses that idea by emphasizing that she lived in the first century of those wars, as a way to say that it might not be the only century of world wars but she hopes it is.

1.the hosts on two opposing mountains stood,  

2.thick as the foliage of the waving wood;  

3.between them an extensive valley lay,  

4.o'er which the gleaming armour pour'd the day,  

5.when from the camp of the philistine foes,

6. dreadful to view, a mighty warrior rose; in the dire deeds of bleeding battle skill'd,