ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ is a ____
A
Play
B
short story
C
novel
D
poem
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (originally The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere) is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, written in 1797–1798 and published in 1798 in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads. Some modern editions use a revised version printed in 1817 that featured a gloss.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lyrical Ballad, Rhyming Quatrains This poem was included in the collection titled Lyrical Ballads published by Coleridge and William Wordsworth in 1798. Unlike some of the other works in the book, this one is actually more ballad than lyric.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge is an epic poem and now also an epic 25 track album/multimedia project from The Tiger Lillies.

Detailed explanation-4: -“It is a true horror poem; the rhyming and the alliteration make your blood run cold, ” she said.

Detailed explanation-5: -The elements of Romanticism found in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” include strong images of the supernatural and nature, as well as a deep thread of spirituality, all explored in an experimental form.

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