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 poems is considered to be the most neglected of Shakespeare’s?
A
“A Lover’s Complaint”
B
“Venus and Adonis”
C
“The Phoenix and Turtle”
D
“The Rape of Lucrece”
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A lover’s complaint is a compressed poem detailing the predicament of an abandoned female lover who laments her undoing at the hands of an unscrupulous male seducer.

Detailed explanation-2: -"A Lover’s Complaint” is a narrative poem written by William Shakespeare, and published as part of the 1609 quarto of Shakespeare’s Sonnets. It was published by Thomas Thorpe.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sonnet 130 is a kind of inverted love poem. It implies that the woman is very beautiful indeed, but suggests that it is important for this poet to view the woman he loves realistically.

Detailed explanation-4: -It takes the form of the Elizabethan poetic genre, the “complaint", in which typically there is a pastoral setting, rustic shepherds and shepherdesses, plaintive laments of deserted or unrequited lovers, etc.

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