ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is known as ‘the poet of nature in English literature’?
A
Lord Tennyson
B
John Milton
C
William Wordsworth
D
John Keats
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -William Wordswith, one of the greatest poets in England, is known as the poet of nature. His poems took on greater significance in English literature.

Detailed explanation-2: -Wordsworth is best known for Lyrical Ballads, co-written with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and The Prelude, a Romantic epic poem chronicling the “growth of a poet’s mind.” Wordsworth’s deep love for the “beauteous forms” of the natural world was established early.

Detailed explanation-3: -The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!

Detailed explanation-4: -William Wordsworth was an innovative writer who marked the start of the Romantic Period in literature. His joint publication of “Lyrical Ballads” with Samuel Taylor Coleridge was the text that started a new era of writing. He was the Poet laureate of England from 1843 till his death in 1850.

Detailed explanation-5: -ROBERT FROST. One among the most known and appreciated nature poets is Robert Frost. ALFRED LORD TENNYSON. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. P. B. SHELLY. JOHN KEATS. 10-Apr-2016

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