Multiple choice general knowledge

"Poetry, we do not need you anymore. A world devastated by hunger is too prosaic, The full moon now reminds us of toasted bread"-was written by whom?

  1. Rabindranath Tagore

  2. Kaji Najrul Islam

  3. Sukanta Bhattacharya

  4. Michael Madhusudan Dutt
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Sukanta Bhattacharya wrote this poem rejecting pure poetry in favor of addressing human needs during famine and poverty in post-WWII Bengal. His communist humanist philosophy prioritized basic survival over art when people were starving.

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