ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which one wasn’t a pre-romantic? Shelley, Blake, Burns, or Scott.
A
Blake
B
Shelley
C
Burns
D
Scott
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Blake’s use of images, symbols, metaphors and revolutionary spirit combined with simple diction and spontaneous expression of thoughts and emotions make him a typically bridge poet who can be categoriesd as the last of the pre romantic poet and one of the first romantic poets in the history of English Literature.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: William Blake is considered to be a Romantic poet. In fact, he is considered to be one of the big six Romantic poets along with William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, George Gordon, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats.

Detailed explanation-3: -Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets and is regarded by critics as among the finest lyric poets in the English language.

Detailed explanation-4: -Blake, Wordsworth and Coleridge were first-generation Romantics, writing against a backdrop of war.

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