ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What are some of the hallmarks or conventions of the poetic form of the ode?
A
Simplicity in language, brevity in form, and humorousness in attitude
B
Complexity in language, lengthiness in form, and seriousness in attitude
C
Simplicity in language, lengthiness in form, and humorousness in attitude
D
Complexity in language, brevity in form, and humorousness in attitude
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An English Ode may be defined as, ‘a lyric poem of elaborate metrical structure, solemn in tone, and usually taking the form of address” very often to some abstraction or quality.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pindaric odes have a three-part structure: they begin with a strophe, a stanza of two or more lines that get repeated. This is followed by an antistrophe, which has the same meter as the strophe, and finally by an epode, a stanza to summarize the poem. The epode has a different meter from the strophe and antistrophe.

Detailed explanation-3: -Attitude in poetry is defined as the way an author or character thinks or feels about the subject he is writing on. This reflected through his tone, language, intention, mood, diction, point of view and the usage of sentence structure. This is also coupled with the way the readers perceive or interpreted the author.

Detailed explanation-4: -An ode is a lyrical poem that expresses praise, glorification, or tribute. It examines its subject from both an emotional and an intellectual perspective. Classic odes date back to ancient Greece, and they contain three sections: a strophe, an antistrophe, and an epode-effectively a beginning, middle, and end.

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