Match List I with List II:
| List I: Lines (paraphrased) | List II: Poet |
|---|---|
| A. Faces along the bar clinging to their average day | I. Wilfred Owen |
| B. 'The awful daring of a moment's surrender' | II. T. S. Eliot |
| C. 'Bent double, like old beggars under sacks' | III. Allen Ginsberg |
| D. 'I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness' | IV. W. H. Auden |
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Correct answer: A. A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III
Explanation
Auden's 'September 1, 1939'; Eliot's 'What the Thunder Said' (The Waste Land, 1922); Owen's 'Dulce et Decorum Est'; Ginsberg's 'Howl' (1956).
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