ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

POETRY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
From what century does the poetic form the folk ballad date?
A
The 12th
B
The 14th
C
The 17th
D
The 19th
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In the European tradition the earliest surviving poems, the Homeric and Hesiodic epics, identify themselves as poems to be recited or chanted to a musical accompaniment rather than as pure song.

Detailed explanation-2: -The variable foot was developed by William Carlos Williams in his work “Patterson” and is based on the idea that each line corresponds exactly to one single breath unit.

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