The idea that someone should submit to the poets love and poet will make the person famous/immortal though poetry is known as the

EDMUND SPENSER

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The idea that someone should submit to the poet’s love and poet will make the person famous/immortal though poetry is known as the

A	conceit
B	eternizing conceit
C	purpose of all poetry
D	a paradox

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -From the Latin term for “concept, ” a poetic conceit is an often unconventional, logically complex, or surprising metaphor whose delights are more intellectual than sensual.

Detailed explanation-2: -A metaphysical conceit is a complex, and often lofty literary device that makes a far-stretched comparison between a spiritual aspect of a person and a physical thing in the world. Quite simply, a metaphysical conceit is an extended metaphor, which can sometimes last through the entire poem.

Detailed explanation-3: -Example of Conceit Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 130" My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips’ red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.

Detailed explanation-4: -conceit, figure of speech, usually a simile or metaphor, that forms an extremely ingenious or fanciful parallel between apparently dissimilar or incongruous objects or situations.

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ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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EDMUND SPENSER