ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

POETRY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following is not an English poet (i. e. from England) ?
A
Victor Hugo
B
Alexander Pope
C
John Milton
D
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -#1 William Shakespeare His best known works in poetry is his collection of 154 sonnets, which was first published in 1609.

Detailed explanation-2: -William Shakespeare: was born in 1564. He was The Bard of Avon and at the same time a highly revered poet and playwright. In fact, he is considered to be the greatest English writer in the field of drama and literature. England hails him as its national poet, and the world is grateful for his literary contributions.

Detailed explanation-3: -Geoffrey Chaucer (/ˈtʃɔːsər/; c. 1340s – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the “father of English literature", or, alternatively, the “father of English poetry".

Detailed explanation-4: -The New Country poets The poetic landscape of the decade was dominated by four poets; W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Cecil Day-Lewis and Louis MacNeice, although the last of these belongs at least as much to the history of Irish poetry. These poets were all, in their early days at least, politically active on the Left.

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