ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why was it such an important moment for the speaker?
A
because he wrote a poem about it
B
because he has a memory that brings him happiness
C
because he can go walking around that field again and again
D
because they looked pretty
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In both poems, the memory of beautiful things serves as a comfort to the speaker even after the experience of viewing them has ended. He can always draw on his imagination to reproduce the joy of the event and to remember the spiritual wisdom that it provided.

Detailed explanation-2: -Memory and Sense of Loss Wordsworth is concerned with the theme of memory and the passing of time in the “Immortality Ode.” In the first stanza the speaker is reminiscing on the times of old when everything seemed to be “appareled in celestial light, / The glory and the freshness of a dream.” (1:4-5).

Detailed explanation-3: -Memory is crucial to Wordsworth throughout these poems, because it is memory that enables the individual to regain access to the pure communion with nature enjoyed during childhood.

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