FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
EDMUND SPENSER
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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remarkable
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pointless
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useful
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Spenser is sometimes called the “poet’s poet” because so many later English poets have learned the art of versification from him. In the 19th century alone his influence may be seen in Shelley’s Revolt of Islam, Byron’s Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Keats’s Eve of St. Agnes, and Tennyson’s The Lotos Eaters.
Detailed explanation-2: -“Whoso List to Hunt” is a poem about unrequited love, but it’s not exactly romantic. The speaker describes pursuing a woman (rumored to be Anne Boleyn, with whom Wyatt had an affair in real life) and uses an extended metaphor to convey the dynamics of their relationship: it’s like hunting a deer he can’t catch.
Detailed explanation-3: -Spenser was called “the Poet’s Poet” by Charles Lamb, and was admired by John Milton, William Blake, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Lord Byron, Alfred Tennyson and others.
Detailed explanation-4: -Simply put, the poem’s purpose is the reason why the author picked up the quill, pencil or pen or sat down at the keyboard in the first place. To determine purpose, ask yourself what the poet’s intent was when she began to write. For example, did she want to inspire, entertain or teach?