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Directions: Read Text IV and answer questions 06, 07 and 08 accordingly.
TEXT IV
I know 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;
5 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 bade¹ me fight,
10 Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,
A lonely impulse of delight
Drove to this tumult in the clouds;
I balanced all, brought all to mind,
The years to come seemed waste of breath,
15 A waste of breath the years behind
In balance with this life, this death.
(YEATS, W.B. An Irish Airman Foresees His Death in Rhyme and Reason, An Anthology. Org. O’MALLEY, Raymond. Hart-Davis Educational.)
Vocabulary:
1. Bid (bade, bidden): to tell somebody to do something.
Directions: Read Text V and answer questions 09, 10 and 11 accordingly.
TEXT V
Oh, I’ve just come from the land of the sun
From a war that must be won
In the name of truth
With our soldiers so brave
5 Your freedom we will save
With our rifles and grenades
And some help from God
I want to see my family
My wife and child waiting for me
10 I’ve got to go home
I’ve been so alone you see
You just can’t believe
The joy I did receive
When I finally got my leave
15 And I was going home
Oh, I flew through the sky
My convictions could not lie
For my country I would die
And I will see it soon
20 When I walked through the door
My wife she laid upon the floor
And with tears her eyes were sore
I did not know why
Then I looked into her hand
25 And I saw the telegram
Said that I was a brave, brave man
But that I was dead
(SUMMER, Bernard; GILBERT, Gillian; HOOK, Peter; MORRIS, Stephen. Lyrics to Love Vigilantes, performed by New Order, Low Life CD, track 1, Universal Music Publishing Group, 1986. Taken from https://lyricfind.com)
Whose characteristic is described below? Write 4 for the speaker in Text IV, and 5 for the speaker in Text V.
( ) He is driven by a patriotic fervor.
( ) He is fighting because he cares who wins.
( ) He is believed to have been killed in action.
( ) Nothing else in his life seems worth pursuing.
( ) He considers aspects of his past, present and future.
Now, mark the correct option.
Directions: Read Text IV and answer questions 06, 07 and 08 accordingly.
TEXT IV
I know 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;
5 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 bade¹ me fight,
10 Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,
A lonely impulse of delight
Drove to this tumult in the clouds;
I balanced all, brought all to mind,
The years to come seemed waste of breath,
15 A waste of breath the years behind
In balance with this life, this death.
(YEATS, W.B. An Irish Airman Foresees His Death in Rhyme and Reason, An Anthology. Org. O’MALLEY, Raymond. Hart-Davis Educational.)
Vocabulary:
1. Bid (bade, bidden): to tell somebody to do something.
Directions: Read Text V and answer questions 09, 10 and 11 accordingly.
TEXT V
Oh, I’ve just come from the land of the sun
From a war that must be won
In the name of truth
With our soldiers so brave
5 Your freedom we will save
With our rifles and grenades
And some help from God
I want to see my family
My wife and child waiting for me
10 I’ve got to go home
I’ve been so alone you see
You just can’t believe
The joy I did receive
When I finally got my leave
15 And I was going home
Oh, I flew through the sky
My convictions could not lie
For my country I would die
And I will see it soon
20 When I walked through the door
My wife she laid upon the floor
And with tears her eyes were sore
I did not know why
Then I looked into her hand
25 And I saw the telegram
Said that I was a brave, brave man
But that I was dead
(SUMMER, Bernard; GILBERT, Gillian; HOOK, Peter; MORRIS, Stephen. Lyrics to Love Vigilantes, performed by New Order, Low Life CD, track 1, Universal Music Publishing Group, 1986. Taken from https://lyricfind.com)
Whose characteristic is described below? Write 4 for the speaker in Text IV, and 5 for the speaker in Text V.
( ) He is driven by a patriotic fervor.
( ) He is fighting because he cares who wins.
( ) He is believed to have been killed in action.
( ) Nothing else in his life seems worth pursuing.
( ) He considers aspects of his past, present and future.
Now, mark the correct option.
Resolução comentada
Sequência 5/5/5/4/4.
Texto V: o soldado acredita na guerra ('war that must be won', 'in the name of truth') e é dado como morto no telegrama. Texto IV: o aviador não luta por patriotismo nem por ódio, e acha os anos passados e futuros inúteis diante desta vida. Ele pesa passado, presente e futuro.
Análise das alternativas
B, C e D) Erradas: invertem as atribuições, por exemplo dão o fervor patriótico ao aviador de Yeats, que declara não odiar nem amar, ou dão ao soldado de New Order a reflexão sobre passado e futuro.
Referência: Yeats, 'An Irish Airman Foresees His Death'; New Order, 'Love Vigilantes'
Resolução comentada do VaiConcursos.