FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
THE POETRY OF JOHN MILTON
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Detailed explanation-1: -The elegy began as an ancient Greek metrical form and is traditionally written in response to the death of a person or group. Though similar in function, the elegy is distinct from the epitaph, ode, and eulogy: the epitaph is very brief; the ode solely exalts; and the eulogy is most often written in formal prose.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Greek term (elegeíā; from , élegos, ‘lament’) originally referred to any verse written in elegiac couplets and covering a wide range of subject matter (death, love, war). The term also included epitaphs, sad and mournful songs, and commemorative verses.
Detailed explanation-3: -One of the first great elegies in the English language, Pearl was written by an anonymous poet in the late fourteenth century – probably the same poet who also gave us Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Detailed explanation-4: -Faraone suggests that archaic Greek elegists composed in five-couplet, ten-line stanzas.
Detailed explanation-5: -The correct answer is “it was a poem of sorrow.” An elegy is a sombre poem, typically reflecting sorrow for the deceased in English literature. The term “elegeia, ” which alludes to a lyrical poetry of verse about topics like death, grief, passion, and war, was first used by the ancient Greeks.