ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following are not among the subjects of Shakespeare’s sonnets?
A
The Dark Lady
B
Shakespeare’s father
C
A young man
D
A rival poet
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -When analysed as characters, the subjects of the sonnets are usually referred to as the Fair Youth, the Rival Poet, and the Dark Lady.

Detailed explanation-2: -As sonnets, their main concern is ‘love’, but they also reflect upon time, change, aging, lust, absence, infidelity and the problematic gap between ideal and reality when it comes to the person you love.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shakespeare begins his sonnets by introducing six of his most important themes-beauty, time, decay, immortality, procreation and selfishness, which are interrelated in sonnet 1 both thematically and through the use of images associated with business or commerce[3].

Detailed explanation-4: -They are fourteen lines long. The fourteen lines are divided into four subgroups. The first three subgroups have four lines each, which makes them “quatrains, ” with the second and fourth lines of each group containing rhyming words. More items •16-Aug-2021

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