ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

EDMUND SPENSER

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Is the speaker successful in winning the lady?
A
Yes
B
No
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What happens as the speaker continues and try to win the lady’s love? She falls for him.

Detailed explanation-2: -He writes his girlfriend’s name in the sand again-in the words of the poem, “with a second hand.” And then, uh-oh, the tide comes in and washes her name away again.

Detailed explanation-3: -MAJOR THEMES Spenser’s sonnets deal largely with the idea of love. Up until Sonnet 67, the sonnets primarily focus on the frustration of unreturned romantic desires.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sonnet 1 is the first of the “Fair Youth” sonnets, in which an unnamed young man is being addressed by the speaker.

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