ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Spenser’s sonnet 75 message
A
eternal love
B
love is worth suffering
C
writing immortalizes love
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -“Where, when as death shall all the world subdue, Our love shall live, and later life renew.” The speaker then professes that immortality is in the offing for himself as well as his beloved: their “love shall live.” And it will be renewed in the future every time a reader encounters the speaker’s poems.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Immortalizing Power of Poetry “Sonnet 75” is a poem about the power of poetry itself. The poem’s speaker wants his beloved to be remembered forever, even as she argues that such notions are vain and pointless; she’s a human being, and as such her name and memory will one day disappear along with her mortal body.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sonnet 75 addresses the temporal nature of life and love-all things pass away like the words written in sand in this poem. Yet the theme is that love itself can transcend time in the spirit and memories of the lovers.

Detailed explanation-4: -The speakers thinks that she will immortalize their love by allowing future generations to read about it. The speakers thinks that his poem will immortalize their love by allowing future generations to read about it.

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