ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
‘Rabbi Ben Ezra’ is written by ____
A
Cynewulf
B
Geoffrey Chaucer
C
Robert Browning
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -"Rabbi ben Ezra” is a poem by Robert Browning about the famous Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra (1092–1167), one of the great Jewish poets and scholars of the 12th century. He wrote on grammar, astronomy, the astrolabe, and other topics.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rabbi Ben Ezra, dramatic monologue by Robert Browning, published in the collection Dramatis Personae (1864).

Detailed explanation-3: -“Rabbi Ben Ezra” is a poem about a Jewish thinker who sums up Browning’s optimistic vision of an imperfect, heaven-starved humanity searching through youthful doubts and trials for mature intimations of immortality that come in old age as a prelude to optimum spiritual fulfillment after death.

Detailed explanation-4: -"Rabbi ben Ezra” is a poem by Robert Browning about the famous Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra (1092–1167), one of the great Jewish poets and scholars of the 12th century. He wrote on grammar, astronomy, the astrolabe, and other topics.

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