Read the Question carefully and choose the correct option.
Match List I with List II
LIST I (LINES)
A. "Monuments of unaging intellect"
B. "In the foul rag-and-bone shop of the heart"
C. "So mastered by the brute blood of the air"
D. "As weary-hearted as that hollow moon"
LIST II (POEMS)
I. "Leda and the Swan"
II. "Adam's Curse"
III. "Sailing to Byzantium"
IV. "The Circus Animals' Desertion"
A. “Monuments of unaging intellect” → Sailing to Byzantium (III)
This line appears in Stanza 1 of Sailing to Byzantium.
Yeats contrasts the world of youth and sensuality with the realm of art and spiritual permanence — the “monuments of unaging intellect” are symbols of immortal art and wisdom.
So A → III.
B. “In the foul rag-and-bone shop of the heart” → The Circus Animals’ Desertion (IV)
This is the famous concluding line of The Circus Animals’ Desertion.
Yeats ends the poem by returning to the crude, raw origins of creativity — the “rag-and-bone shop” of the heart.
So B → IV.
C. “So mastered by the brute blood of the air” → Leda and the Swan (I)
This line is from the description of the violent moment in Leda and the Swan.
The “brute blood of the air” refers to the overpowering force of Zeus (as a swan) during the assault.
So C → I.
D. “As weary-hearted as that hollow moon” → Adam’s Curse (II)
This simile appears in Adam’s Curse, in the closing lines, where the speaker reflects on emotional exhaustion after love and conversation.
So D → II.
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