Respuesta :
The lines in this excerpt from "Easter, 1816" by W. B. Yeats that suggest that the speaker had only a limited acquaintance with the people he is writing about are the following:
1. {I have passed with a nod of the head
Or polite meaningless words,
Or have lingered awhile and said
Polite meaningless words,}
If he knew them better, he would greet them in another way. You don't greet your friends by just nodding your head at them, you at least shake their hand and talk to them. Because the narrator doesn't do that, we can see that he doesn't know them well.
1. {I have passed with a nod of the head
Or polite meaningless words,
Or have lingered awhile and said
Polite meaningless words,}
If he knew them better, he would greet them in another way. You don't greet your friends by just nodding your head at them, you at least shake their hand and talk to them. Because the narrator doesn't do that, we can see that he doesn't know them well.
Answer:
I have passed with a nod of the head
Or polite meaningless words,
Or have lingered awhile and said
Polite meaningless words,
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