ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was also known as ‘Nature Poet’?
A
William Blake
B
William Wordsworth
C
John Keats
D
P. B. Shelley
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Wordsworth was called by Shelly “Poet of nature”. He, too, called himself “A Worshiper of Nature”. He held a firm faith that nature could enlighten the kindheartedness and universal brotherhood of human being, and only existing in harmony with nature where man could get true happiness.

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. He revised and rearranged his poems, published various editions, and entertained literary guests and friends.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nature in Wordsworth’s Poetry: William Wordsworth, along with fellow writer Samuel Taylor Coleridge, can be cited as the founders of the Romantic Movement in literature, especially in lyrical poetry. Their collection Lyrical Ballads was published in 1798.

Detailed explanation-4: -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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