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Match List I with List II

List I
List II
[A] Yasmine Gunaratna
[II] Advice to women
[B] Imtiyaz dharkar
[II] Advice to women
[C] Agha shahid Ali
[III] Post card from God
[D] Eunice de Souza
[IV] This language, this woman

Options

A

A-I, B-IV, C-II, D-III

B

A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II

C

A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

D

A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

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Correct Answer :

Option B

A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II

Solution :

The correct option is A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II.

Here is the step-by-step matching and explanation for each poet and their corresponding work:

1. [A] Yasmine Gooneratne (Gunaratna) matches with [IV] "This language, this woman":
Yasmine Gooneratne is a distinguished Sri Lankan poet, essayist, and academic. Her poem "This language, this woman" explores themes of identity, post-colonialism, and the complexities of using the English language in a post-colonial South Asian context.

2. [B] Imtiaz Dharker matches with [III] "Postcard from God":
Imtiaz Dharker is a Pakistan-born British poet and artist. "Postcards from god" is the title poem of her highly acclaimed 1997 collection, which explores themes of religion, faith, geographical displacement, and social issues.

3. [C] Agha Shahid Ali matches with [I] (Postcard from Kashmir):
Agha Shahid Ali was an Kashmiri-American poet known for his poignant ghazals and themes of exile. His most famous poem is "Postcard from Kashmir", which opens his collection The Half-Inch Himalayas. (Note: Due to a typographical error in the provided list table, the first item in List II is mislabeled as a duplicate, but logically represents [I] Agha Shahid Ali's signature poem).

4. [D] Eunice de Souza matches with [II] "Advice to women":
Eunice de Souza was an influential Indian English poet and novelist. Her poem "Advice to women" is a satirical, feminist poem in which she dryly suggests that women should keep cats to learn how to deal with emotional detachment and the coldness of men.

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