ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
I would I were thy bird.
A
Taylor Swift
B
William Shakespeare
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Romeo. I would I were thy bird.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thus with a kiss I die. O happy dagger, This is thy sheath: there rust, and let me die.

Detailed explanation-3: -The bird imagery throughout the play allows Romeo to be seen as a wild, untrained falcon that “breaks away, ” which means to not fly a direct path to the lure, as Romeo cannot fly a direct path to Juliet by giving her a substantive answer.

Detailed explanation-4: -Deny thy father and refuse thy name, Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet. Juliet speaks these lines, perhaps the most famous in the play, in the balcony scene (2.1.

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