Carcass wrote:
Anger never sounded so righteous nor so proudly optimistic as when Guthrie sang "This Land Is Your Land," a folk song that blends hope and (i)___ and that is both a (ii) ___ the country he loved and a critical broadside launched on behalf of all those—dreamers, migrant workers, or anyone else—who ever felt that their vision of America had been (iii) ____.
Blank (i) |
Blank (ii) |
Blank (iii) |
estrangement |
paean to |
discharged |
scorn |
parody of |
compromised |
bravado |
bane to |
outstripped |
Kudos for the right answer and explanation
The first and the second blank should be negative words. There is a parallel structure between a folk song that blends hope and (i)___
and that is both a (ii) ___ the country he loved and a critical broadside. This song mixes both hope and scorn and also it is also a critical broadside (verbal attacks) and eulogy (paean) for the country he loved. This broadside is on the behalf of dreamers, migrant workers and else who felt that their vision had been ______. Vision cannot be discharged, you can discharge workers. You outstrip rights, but not vision. So, the only one that would fit is compromised. These people feel that their dreams for the country have been compromised.