ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

AGES ERA PERIOD

VICTORIAN AGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Experimentation in which of the following areas of poetic expression characterize Victorian poetry and allow Victorian poets to represent psychology in a different way?
A
the use of pictorial description to construct visual images to represent the emotion or situation of the poem
B
sound as a means to express meaning
C
perspective, as in the dramatic monologue
D
all of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Poetry written during the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901 is defined as Victorian poetry. The defining characteristics of Victorian age poetry are its focus on sensory elements, its recurring themes of the religion/science conflict, and its interest in medieval fables and legends.

Detailed explanation-2: -The main difference between Romantic and Victorian poetry is that Romantic poets revered and adored nature whereas Victorian poets regarded nature as in a more realistic and less idealistic angel.

Detailed explanation-3: -Poetry was one of the most popular genres of the Victorian period. The Romantic poets, particularly William Wordsworth (who lived through the beginning of the period, dying in 1850) were revered and widely quoted.

Detailed explanation-4: -The poetry of the Victorian era includes the themes of social injustice, of romantic love, and of the loss of innocence. Elizabeth Barrett Browning writes about social injustice and about romantic love, and Alfred Lord Tennyson writes about the loss of innocence.

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