ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following poems of Coleridge is a ballad?
A
Work Without Hope
B
Frost at Midnight
C
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
D
Youth and Age
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is “Lyrical Ballads". Lyrical Ballads is the collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Published in 1798, it marked the beginning of the Romantic Era in England. Coleridge contributed only four poems to the book and one of them was Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lyrical Ballad, Rhyming Quatrains This poem was included in the collection titled Lyrical Ballads published by Coleridge and William Wordsworth in 1798. Unlike some of the other works in the book, this one is actually more ballad than lyric.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, poem in seven parts by Samuel Taylor Coleridge that first appeared in Lyrical Ballads, published collaboratively by Coleridge and William Wordsworth in 1798.

Detailed explanation-4: -Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is about a man on a voyage by ship, who in one impulsive and heinous act, changes the course of his life – and death. The Mariner faces an inner struggle over the crime he has committed, and must understand his actions and perform his penance.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge is an epic poem and now also an epic 25 track album/multimedia project from The Tiger Lillies.

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