ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
At what age was Wordsworth orphaned?
A
7
B
3
C
13
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Wordsworth became an orphan at the age of thirteen when his father also passed away. In 1790, Wordsworth spent a year in France following a walking tour with friends that visited France, the Alps and Italy.

Detailed explanation-2: -He lost his mother when he was 7 and his father when he was 13, upon which the orphan boys were sent off by guardian uncles to a grammar school at Hawkshead, a village in the heart of the Lake District.

Detailed explanation-3: -William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798).

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