AGES ERA PERIOD
VICTORIAN AGE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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crop; scabbard; foot; agree
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throne; scepter; soul; decree
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school; scalpel; pen; set free
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hearth; needle; heart; obey
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Detailed explanation-1: -The famous advice of the prince’s father-“Man for the field and woman for the hearth: / Man for the sword and for the needle she: / Man with the head and woman with the heart” (5, ll. 437-39)-explains just why Ida must pursue life away from men.
Detailed explanation-2: -This blank verse narrative poem by Tennyson (1809–1892) is a satire on the state women’s education. The narrative centres on a princess who sets up a University for women, although her plans are disrupted by the intrusion of a prince.
Detailed explanation-3: -William Couper based Tennyson’s Princess on the main character in Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem of 1847. The story tells of Princess Ida, who at first shuns marriage to establish a university for women, but later falls in love and marries a prince.
Detailed explanation-4: -The central tale of The Princess is a medley of romance and comedy, which, as Frye points out, share many themes but diverge in their treatment of the social world.
Detailed explanation-5: -The poem contains interludes of songs that are among the best of Tennyson’s lyrics, including “Sweet and Low, ” “The Splendor Falls, ” “Tears, Idle Tears, ” and “Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal.” Many of the lyrics have been set to music, and the poem itself was the basis for W.S.