ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Seamus Heaney is widely recognized as one of the major poets of the 20th century. A native of Northern Ireland, Heaney was raised in County Derry, and later lived for many years in Dublin.

Detailed explanation-2: -William Butler Yeats, (born June 13, 1865, Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland-died January 28, 1939, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France), Irish poet, dramatist, and prose writer, one of the greatest English-language poets of the 20th century.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nobel Prize winning William Butler Yeats is definitely the most well known poet to come from Irish shores, as much for his body of work as his turbulent private life. Born in 1865 in Dublin, he spent much of his childhood in Sligo which provided great inspiration for his early work.

Detailed explanation-4: -A filídh is a historic rank of Irish poet who practiced an elaborate oral tradition and were known for their mysticism.

Detailed explanation-5: -limerick, a popular form of short, humorous verse that is often nonsensical and frequently ribald. It consists of five lines, rhyming aabba, and the dominant metre is anapestic, with two metrical feet in the third and fourth lines and three feet in the others.