Match List I with List II:
| List I |
List II |
| [1] “Faces along the bar/cling to their average day.” |
[1] Wilfred Owen |
| [2] “The awful daring of a moments surrender.” |
[2] T.S. Eliot |
| [3] “Bent double, like old beggars under sacks.” |
[3] Allen Ginsberg |
| [4] “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness.” |
[4] W.H. Anden |
Correct Answer :
(A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)
Solution :
The correct option is (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III).
To understand why this match is correct, let us analyze each literary quote from List I (labeled A, B, C, D respectively from [1], [2], [3], [4]) and pair it with its author from List II (labeled I, II, III, IV from [1], [2], [3], [4] with a typo "Anden" for Auden):
1. Quote (A) (Row [1]): "Faces along the bar/cling to their average day."
This line is from the famous poem "September 1, 1939" written by W.H. Auden (listed as "W.H. Anden" in List II, [4]). Therefore, (A) matches with (IV).
2. Quote (B) (Row [2]): "The awful daring of a moments surrender."
This line is from the landmark modernist poem "The Waste Land" (specifically Section V, "What the Thunder Said") written by T.S. Eliot (List II, [2]). Therefore, (B) matches with (II).
3. Quote (C) (Row [3]): "Bent double, like old beggars under sacks."
This opening line is from the celebrated World War I poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" written by the soldier-poet Wilfred Owen (List II, [1]). Therefore, (C) matches with (I).
4. Quote (D) (Row [4]): "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness."
This iconic opening line is from the Beat Generation poem "Howl" written by Allen Ginsberg (List II, [3]). Therefore, (D) matches with (III).
Combining these connections, we get the complete set of correct matches:
(A) - (IV)
(B) - (II)
(C) - (I)
(D) - (III)
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