ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was both a poet and a Priest?
A
Andrew Marvell
B
George Herbert
C
Edmund Spencer
D
Robert Browning
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -George Herbert, (born April 3, 1593, Montgomery Castle, Wales-died March 1, 1633, Bemerton, Wiltshire, Eng.), English religious poet, a major metaphysical poet, notable for the purity and effectiveness of his choice of words.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: George Herbert is not generally considered a cavalier poet. There was a division among early 17th century poets into metaphysical and cavalier.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Temple is unquestionably one of the most inventive and varied collections of poems published in the seventeenth century, and a reader can go a long way toward appreciating George Herbert (1593 – 1633) by studying this inventiveness and variety.

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