ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Wordsworth settled in
A
Lake District
B
Sussex
C
Cumber Land
D
None of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -After attending Cambridge University and then living in Dorset, Wordsworth moved back to the Lake District to Dove Cottage in Grasmere in 1799 and then Rydal Mount in 1813.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dove Cottage is a house on the edge of Grasmere in the Lake District of England. It is best known as the home of the poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy Wordsworth from December 1799 to May 1808, where they spent over eight years of “plain living, but high thinking".

Detailed explanation-3: -Some of the most influential people from the Lake District are, arguably, the Lakes Poets. William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey all wrote famous poems about the area.

Detailed explanation-4: -Born in Cockermouth, Wordsworth spent the vast majority of his life in the Lake District.

Detailed explanation-5: -William Wordsworth rules many hearts across the world for his beautiful poetry and his grave in this popular holiday destination is a literary shrine.

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