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Yeats’s “Song of Wandering Aengus” ends with the lines: “And pluck till time and times are done/The silver apples of the moon/The golden apples of the sun.” Which of the following is NOT a symbolic meaning of the apples?
AThey point to alchemical elements, which in turn symbolize the body and the soul.
BThey symbolize a fulfilled longing.
CThey symbolize the coming apocalypse.
DThey symbolize the return to a lost paradise.
Correct answer
C. They symbolize the coming apocalypse.
Explanation
The correct answer is They symbolize the coming apocalypse..