FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Poets’ Corner is the name traditionally given to a section of the south transept of Westminster Abbey in London, where many poets, playwrights, and writers are buried or commemorated. The first poet interred in Poets’ Corner was Geoffrey Chaucer in 1400.
Detailed explanation-2: -Among the poets buried there are Geoffrey Chaucer, Edmund Spenser, Ben Jonson, John Dryden, Samuel Johnson, Robert Browning, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Rudyard Kipling, and Thomas Hardy.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first interred in the corner was Geoffrey Chaucer in 1556. When Edmund Spenser was buried nearby, the tradition of burying literary notables in the corner was established. The most recent memorial (6 December 2011) was that of Poet Laureate Ted Hughes.
Detailed explanation-4: -William Shakespeare was buried in 1616 in his home town of Stratford-Upon-Avon, but in 1740 a monument was placed to Shakespeare in Poets’ Corner.
Detailed explanation-5: -Poets’ Corner honours 111 British writers and began with Geoffrey Chaucer, who was buried there in 1400 because he had served as Clerk of the Works at the Palace of Westminster nearby. Around 1550, a magnificent tomb was built for Chaucer, author of The Canterbury Tales.