Which woman from Yeats’s life is indirectly criticized in “A Prayer for my Daughter”?
ALady Gregory
BMaud Gonne
CGeorgie Hyde-Lees
DFlorence Farr
Answer:
B. Maud Gonne
Read Explanation:
Yeats refers to Maud Gonne when he mentions “the loveliest woman born” whose beauty led to destructive choices. He laments her marriage to John MacBride and her wasted beauty, using her as a cautionary example of excessive beauty without inner virtues like kindness and moderation.
