In his first lecture onWilliam Butler Yeats, Professor Hammer says that the young Yeats identified with King Goll. What does he mean by this ?

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Yeats’s poetry was autobiographical, but he understood his life through the prism of myths and symbols; symbolism was therefore present in both Yeat

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Yeats believed that each person was an instance of a general cultural type or symbol.

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The young Yeats wished to emphasize his identity as an English poet and draw attention away from his Irish heritage.

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Both A and B

1.	In his first lecture onWilliam Butler Yeats, Professor Hammer says that the young Yeats identified with King Goll. What does he mean by this ?
A.	Yeats’s poetry was autobiographical, but he understood his life through the prism of myths and symbols; symbolism was therefore present in both Yeat
B.	Yeats believed that each person was an instance of a general cultural type or symbol.
C.	The young Yeats wished to emphasize his identity as an English poet and draw attention away from his Irish heritage.
D.	Both A and B
Answer» E.

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