In the poem "Sailing to Byzantium" by W. B. Yeats, the speaker states that his country is full of young people who enjoy life but ignore the aged, considering them to be insignificant. He is unhappy about this, so he embarks on a journey to the holy city of Byzantium, hoping that his soul will find what it has been yearning for there. He says:

And therefore I have sailed the seas and come

To the holy city of Byzantium.

In keeping with the theme of death and rebirth, what might these lines depict in the poem?

A) the speaker's aim for a change in his homeland

B) the speaker's transition from the old to the new

C) the shift in the speaker's location

D) the speaker's wish to get away from young people NextReset

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Kelvin Cantrell

24 December, 10:32

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Pluto · Answer 1

I think the answer would be B. The others do not keep the theme of death and rebirth. I'm sorry if I'm wrong.