ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DRFAUSTUS BY CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
“On his blindness", a collection of sonnets is written by:
A
Edmund Spenser
B
John Milton
C
Shakespeare
D
Sir Philip Sidney
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -"When I Consider How My Light is Spent” (Also known as “On His Blindness") is one of the best known of the sonnets of John Milton (1608–1674).

Detailed explanation-2: -John Milton’s poem, “On His Blindness, ” is an example of a Petrarchan sonnet and follows the rhyme scheme ABBAABBA CDECDE.

Detailed explanation-3: -This poem is a traditional sonnet, containing 14 lines and using the Italian sonnet rhyme scheme ABBA ABBA CDECDE.

Detailed explanation-4: -Milton writes twenty-three sonnets, five in Italian, the rest in English, and one caudal sonnet.

Detailed explanation-5: -The main themes in “On His Blindness” are loss and human frailty, biblical authority and duty to God, and grace. Loss and human frailty: Milton explores the experience of losing his sight and worries about the implications of his blindness in his relationship with God.

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