ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does The Bard mean?
A
poet
B
pigeon
C
pencil
D
pie
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -bard, a poet, especially one who writes impassioned, lyrical, or epic verse. Bards were originally Celtic composers of eulogy and satire; the word came to mean more generally a tribal poet-singer gifted in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds.

Detailed explanation-2: -: a composer, singer, or declaimer of epic or heroic verse. : poet.

Detailed explanation-3: -William Shakespeare has been known as “The Bard” since the nineteenth century, but the word has a much older history, and, when it’s not capitalized, it simply means “lyric poet."

Detailed explanation-4: -’The Bard of Avon, ’ ‘The Immortal Bard’ or (in England) simply ‘The Bard’ is William Shakespeare.

Detailed explanation-5: -When we hear the term ‘The Bard’ our minds immediatley spring to the name William Shakespeare. More specifically, Shakeseare is known as ‘The Bard of Avon’. This is because he seems to have been given the title in recognition of his stature as ‘great poet’ and the unofficial national poet of England.

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