ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

EDMUND SPENSER

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
He was a poet-prophet
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Plato calls poets the “ prophets of the Muses.” In several respects are poet and prophet one. of God. and scop). The prophet, however, is more than an artist; he aims at the making of character.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is not uncommon for the authors of creative fiction and poetry to be referred to as prophets. Those who do tend to do so either because the writer has great insight into the human condition or speaks out against social and political injustice.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ḥassān ibn Thābit, (born c. 563, Medina, Arabia-died c. 674?), Arabian poet, best known for his poems in defense of the Prophet Muhammad.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Romans called poets vates and defined them as a diviner, foreseer, or a prophet. The Greeks named them poet which comes from the word poiein meaning to make.

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