Question

why yoke is the speaker referring to in the first line​

Answer 1

Answer:

an act or instance of submitting. something submitted; a proposal, argument, etc. the quality or condition of being submissive to another. the act of referring a document, etc, for the consideration of someone else.

Answer 2

Answer:

The poet is talking about the responsibility of nation in which we live. The responsibility must be taken firmally.