ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is the author of the poem “My heart Leaps Up”
A
William
B
Dorothy
C
William Shakespeare
D
William Wordsworth
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -My Heart Leaps Up, or The Rainbow as it is also known, was written on the night of March 26, 1802, when Wordsworth was staying in Grasmere in the Lake District. The poem was published as part of Poems, in Two Volumes in 1807.

Detailed explanation-2: -Like many of his poems from this period, “My Heart Leaps Up” was inspired by nature, as the speakers describes the feeling of joy upon seeing a simple rainbow.

Detailed explanation-3: -So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die!

Detailed explanation-4: -Iambic Tetrameter… The technical term for the rhythm of this poem is “iambic tetrameter, ” but don’t get all freaked out by those strange words. An iamb is a two-syllable combination, where an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable.

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