ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Wordsworth is a ____ poet.
A
classical
B
modern
C
romantic
D
Greek
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -William Wordsworth was one of the founders of English Romanticism and one its most central figures and important intellects.

Detailed explanation-2: -William Wordsworth is one of the seminal figures in Romantic poetry because his poetry and philosophy are representative of the ideals of the Romantic Movement. Wordsworth drew inspiration from nature and the individual engaging with nature to comment on emotion and the role of the individual in the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -When reference is made to Romantic verse, the poets who generally spring to mind are William Blake (1757-1827), William Wordsworth (1770-1850), Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), George Gordon, 6th Lord Byron (1788-1824), Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) and John Keats (1795-1821).

Detailed explanation-4: -British poet, William Wordsworth exemplifies romanticism in his poems to portray his sympathy for the life, to depict the troubles and speech of the common man and to eradicate war. William Wordsworth lived through the French revolution, and this awakened his romanticism poems.

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