ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
‘The child is the father of man’ is a line from Wordsworth’s:
A
Immortality Ode
B
The Prelude
C
My heart leaps when I Behold a Rainbow in the Sky.
D
None of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -William Wordsworth used the expression, “The child is the father of the man” in his famous 1802 poem, “My Heart Leaps Up, ” also known as “The Rainbow.” This quote has made its way into popular culture.

Detailed explanation-2: -THE Child Is The Father Of The Man is an idiom given to the world by famous poet William Wordsworth. It first appeared in his poem “My Heart Leaps Up” that was out in 1802. It means that the behaviour and activities of a person’s childhood go a long way in building his personality.

Detailed explanation-3: -Line 7. The Child is father of the Man; This is, perhaps, the most important line of ‘My Heart Leaps Up’.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is only now that I better understand what William Wordsworth meant by “The child is the father of man”. For, I see them becoming ever more childlike, each in his or her own way, as they add numbers to their age.

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