ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

POETRY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How old was Rupert Brooke at the time of his death?
A
24
B
31
C
21
D
28
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Handsome, charming, and talented, Brooke was a national hero even before his death in 1915 at the age of 27.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rupert Brooke, (born Aug. 3, 1887, Rugby, Warwickshire, Eng.-died April 23, 1915, Skyros, Greece), English poet, a wellborn, gifted, handsome youth whose early death in World War I contributed to his idealized image in the interwar period. His best-known work is the sonnet sequence 1914.

Detailed explanation-3: -On November 4, 1918, just one week before the armistice was declared, ending World War I, the British poet Wilfred Owen is killed in action during a British assault on the German-held Sambre Canal on the Western Front.

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