ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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AGES ERA PERIOD

RESTORATION AND 18TH CENTURY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following became the most popular Romantic poetic form, following on Wordsworth’s claim that poetic inspiration is contained within the inner feelings of the individual poet as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”?
A
the lyric poem written in the first person
B
the sonnet
C
doggerel rhyme
D
the political tract
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.”

Detailed explanation-2: -The Romantic poets also used specific poetic forms: odes, lyrical ballads, and sonnets were popular among the Romantics.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -“Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.” This quote by William Wordsworth defines poetry as the expression of emotions that a regular conversation would not be able to project.

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