Questão 8

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; 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, 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, A waste of breath the years behind In balance with this life, this death. (YEATS, W.B. An Irish Airman Foresees His Death $\in R$hyme and Reason, An Anthology. Org. O'MALLEY, Raymond. Hart-Davis Educational.) Vocabulary: 1. Bid (bade, bidden): to tell somebody to do something.

Lines 9-12 imply that the speaker is