ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
All the 25 poems of The Passionate Pilgrim are Shakespeare’ authentic creations
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Passionate Pilgrim (1599) is an anthology of 20 poems collected and published by William Jaggard that were attributed to “W. Shakespeare” on the title page, only five of which are considered authentically Shakespearean.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Passionate Pilgrim is an anthology of twenty poems published in 1599 as the work of William Shakespeare, though his authorship of many of the individual poems in the collection is doubted.

Detailed explanation-3: -Of the five poems considered authentic, two are sonnets – published in the 1609 Shakespeare Sonnet’s collection as sonnet 138 and sonnet 144.

Detailed explanation-4: -Learn about Shakespeare’s famous sonnets and other poems Not only were his plays mainly written in verse, but he also penned 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems and a few other minor poems.

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