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 was authored by Shakespeare?
A
“Tintern Abbey”
B
“A Lover’s Complaint”
C
“El Cid”
D
“The Wasteland”
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -"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-2: -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-3: -The Shakespearean sonnets are considered among the most romantic poems ever written. It was the bard who kickstarted the modern love poetry movement with a collection of 154 love sonnets. You can still hear many of these on Valentine’s Day and in marriage ceremonies today.

Detailed explanation-4: -A Lover’s Complaint is a Shakespeare poem that was first published by Thomas Thorpe in 1609, as an appendix to Shakespeare’s Sonnets. Academics estimate the poem is from Shakespeare’s early period – perhaps sometime around 1591 – though no specific date of writing is agreed on.

Detailed explanation-5: -Shakespeare wrote 154 short love poems called sonnets.

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