ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who said ‘The true opposite of Poetry is not Prose but Science’.
A
Wordsworth
B
T. S. Eliot
C
Coleridge
D
None of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -[from: Shakespeare, With introductory matter on Poetry, the Drama, and the Stage. ] Poetry is not the proper antithesis to prose, but to science.

Detailed explanation-2: -Quote by Samuel Johnson: “Language is the dress of thought.”

Detailed explanation-3: -Chivalry. Chivalry is a prominent feature of Middle English literature. The term came to mean the gallantry and honor expected of knights and a general sense of courtesy. Middle English poetry is mostly concerned with the heroic deeds of knights.

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