ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
From which year to which year that William Wordsworth served as the Poet Laureate of Britain?
A
1843-1850
B
1840-1855
C
1842-1851
D
1833-1848
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Wordsworth was Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death from pleurisy on 23 April 1850.

Detailed explanation-2: -Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809-1892) was, and remains, one of the most popular English poets. He held the position of poet laureate for much of Queen Victoria’s reign, from 1850 until his death in 1892.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1843 Wordsworth was named poet laureate of England, though by this time he had for the most part quit composing verse.

Detailed explanation-4: -One of England’s most beloved poets and a pioneer of Romanticism, William Wordsworth was made Poet Laureate in 1843.

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