ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When did Frost and Elinor were force to return to America?
A
1912
B
1913
C
1914
D
1913
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1915, buoyed by his success in England, Frost and Elinor returned to America where publishers were now eager to publish his poetry. In 1916 they settled down on a farm they purchased in Franconia, New Hampshire.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1915, during World War I, Frost returned to America, where Holt’s American edition of A Boy’s Will had recently been published, and bought a farm in Franconia, New Hampshire, where he launched a career of writing, teaching, and lecturing.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1912, Robert Frost made the momentous decision to sell his farm and move to England to become a poet.

Detailed explanation-4: -Frost had moved his family to England in 1912 in a bid to relaunch a stalled literary career. Then in his late 30s and a father of four, he had managed to publish only a handful of poems in America’s literary magazines.

Detailed explanation-5: -1892 – Frost begins courtship with future wife Elinor White while in attendance at Lawrence High School. “They often met, after school, in the Lawrence Public Library, ”8 where they would exchange work by their favorite poets. They later shared valedictory honors at their high school graduation.

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