FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The Poet
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The person whom the poem is written about
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A friend or acquaintance of the poet’s sister
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the fourth stanza of ‘To My Sister’ the speaker asks that “Edward” come with them. While not the name of the child they were taking care of, it is thought Edward is meant to be the son of a friend the two were tending while the couple was away.
Detailed explanation-2: -Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth The two became immediate friends. Upon meeting Wordsworth, Coleridge decided to move to Grasmere to be in close proximity to his fellow poet. During this time, Wordsworth and Coleridge greatly influenced, criticized and inspired eachother’s poetry.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lavinia Norcross Dickinson (1833-1899), sister – Emily Dickinson Museum.
Detailed explanation-4: -Dorothy Mae Ann Wordsworth (25 December 1771 – 25 January 1855) was an English author, poet and diarist. She was the sister of the Romantic poet William Wordsworth, and the two were close for all of their lives.