ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When did he die?
A
April 7th, 1770
B
April 23, 1850
C
December 24, 0000
D
October 24, 2005
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Wordsworth died on 23 April 1850 and was buried in Grasmere churchyard. His great autobiographical poem, The Prelude, which he had worked on since 1798, was published shortly after his death. Further information about the life of William Wordsworth can be found via the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Detailed explanation-3: -Romantic poet William Wordsworth turned 80 on 7 April 1850. He caught a cold on a country walk that year, and after a short illness, he died at home at Rydal Mount of pleurisy on 23 April 1850. His funeral was held on 27 April 1850 in St.

Detailed explanation-4: -William Wordsworth died at home at Rydal Mount from an aggravated case of pleurisy on 23 April 1850, and was buried at St Oswald’s Church, Grasmere.

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