ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In whose poetry do we find – ‘a love of nature, simplicity and faith in the dignity of the humblest’?
A
Coleridge
B
Southey
C
Wordsworth
D
Burns
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The subtitle of The Prelude is ‘Growth of a Poet’s Mind’. William Wordsworth (1770-1850) began writing his autobiographical blank verse epic in 1798, working on it intermittently until 1839. It was published posthumously in 1850.

Detailed explanation-2: -Quote by Samuel Johnson: “Language is the dress of thought.”

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