ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In the verses “What Flemings between Guizza and Bruggia, fearing ‘the flood that ‘ver’ them rushes, they make the screen because ‘the sea flees”
A
The embankment of the Phlegethon River is compared to the dams built in Flanders
B
The embankment of the Acheron River is compared to the dams built in Flanders
C
The embankment of the Flegetonte river is compared to the dams built in Guizzone
D
The embankment of the Acheron river is compared to the dams built on the Brenta
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Psalms 114:3 in Other Translations The water of the Jordan River turned away. 3 Sea took one look and ran the other way; River Jordan turned around and ran off. 3 The sea looked and fled; the Jordan turned back.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is being described in the first stanza of the poem. Answer: The poet is describing the brown river and the trees on the either side also the river bank which golden in colour.

Detailed explanation-3: -Though this poem is taken from Stevenson’s book of poems for children, A Child’s Garden of Verses, the poem’s undertones of loss, longing for return, and letting go reach far beyond a child’s immediate experience.

Detailed explanation-4: -Home from the Hill is a phrase from Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem (and epitaph), Requiem, the last two lines of which read: Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hill.

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