FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
POETRY
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
Nature
|
|
|
Epics
|
|
|
Sonnets
|
|
|
Nonsense
|
Detailed explanation-1: -Edward Lear, Limericks, and Nonsense: A Little Nonsense. Cover for A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear. British poet Edward Lear (1812-1888) is widely recognized as the father of the limerick form of poetry and is well known for his nonsense poems.
Detailed explanation-2: -’The Owl and the Pussycat’. This is probably Edward Lear’s most famous poem, and a fine example of Victorian nonsense verse.
Detailed explanation-3: -This is a collection of over one-hundred limericks by Edward Lear published in 1846. Limericks are a popular five-line poetic form with an A – A – B – B – A rhyme scheme, and in which the B-lines are shorter than the A-lines.
Detailed explanation-4: -Limericks are probably the best known form of nonsense verse, although they tend nowadays to be used for straightforward humour, rather than having a nonsensical effect. Among writers in English noted for nonsense verse are Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll, Mervyn Peake, Edward Gorey, Colin West, Dr.
Detailed explanation-5: -’Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Another classic poem by Lewis Carroll, ‘Jabberwocky’ is perhaps the most famous piece of nonsense verse in the English language.