ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
True or False:William Wordsworth held the title of England’s poet laureate from 1843 to his death
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -(1770–1850). The poet of nature, as William Wordsworth is best known, served as Great Britain’s poet laureate from 1843 until his death.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1843 Wordsworth was named poet laureate of England, though by this time he had for the most part quit composing verse.

Detailed explanation-3: -William Wordsworth, (born April 7, 1770, Cockermouth, Cumberland, England-died April 23, 1850, Rydal Mount, Westmorland), English poet whose Lyrical Ballads (1798), written with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the English Romantic movement.

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