Read the excerpt.

When you are old and gray and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep…

What does the speaker ask of the person he is addressing in “When You Are Old” by William Butler Yeats?

A. to remember that she was once loved for who she really is

B. to think about when she was young and beautiful

C. to write and tell him how she is

D. to visit him some day

Respuesta :

I believe your answer is A. to remember that she was once loved for who she really is. Hope this helped!

Thanks!


~Steve

A. to remember that she was once loved for who she really is


The lines that give you the clue to the answer are "dream of the soft look your eyes hand once". From this we can infer that the soft look is one of love and since it says "had once" means that his eyes don't have that look any more. The word dream indicates that this should be a memory. Because of this options C and D are automatically wrong. The only action the speaker is asking is for him to remember, not visit or write. There is no real mention of youth and beauty so we can also eliminate Option B.