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