ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Most of Wordsworth’s greatest poetry had been written by 1807.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Coleridge and Lyrical Ballads Stimulated by Coleridge and under the healing influences of nature and his sister, Wordsworth began in 1797–98 to compose the short lyrical and dramatic poems for which he is best remembered by many readers.

Detailed explanation-2: -The year 1793 saw the first publication of poems by Wordsworth, in the collections An Evening Walk and Descriptive Sketches. In 1795 he received a legacy of £900 from Raisley Calvert and became able to pursue a career as a poet.

Detailed explanation-3: -William Wordsworth wrote an estimated 387 poems during his lifetime.

Detailed explanation-4: -Wordsworth is best known for Lyrical Ballads, co-written with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and The Prelude, a Romantic epic poem chronicling the “growth of a poet’s mind.”

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