ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

CULTURAL AND LITERARY (18TH 19TH) CENTURIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
With which of these writers is the “spontaneous overflow of emotion” associated?
A
Ann Radcliffe
B
William Wordsworth
C
John Keats
D
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -“Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.” This quote by William Wordsworth defines poetry as the expression of emotions that a regular conversation would not be able to project.

Detailed explanation-2: -William Wordsworth believed that poetry is the spontaneous overflow of emotions. By this quote, he implied that poetry comes out of emotions and inspiration.

Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is ‘The Lyrical Ballads’. The book written by William Wordsworth is ‘The Lyrical Ballads’.

Detailed explanation-4: -After having bought and read Wordsworth’s new book, Keats decided to write a poem about his own life of solitude and confinement in Southwark. The new poem reveals just how much he had assimilated from Wordsworth’s poem and its accompanying essay.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the words of Wordsworth, “poetry has its origin in emotions recollected in tranquility."

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