William Wordsworth
(Selected Poems)
1. When was William Wordsworth born?
Ans: William Wordsworth was born on April 17, 1770.
2. Who are the ‘Lake poets"?
Ans: Lake Poets are a group of English poets who all lived in the Lake District of England. William Wordsworth, S.T Coleridge and Robert Southey are the lake poets.
3. Name the Lake poets as included in your syllabus.
Ans: The Lake poets as included in our syllabus are William Wordsworth and S.T Coleridge.
4. What is the duration of Romantic Age?
Ans: The duration of Romantic Age is from 1798 to 1832.
5. When did the Romantic age of English Literature begin?
Ans: The Romantic age of English Literature began in 1798.
6. Why does Romantic age begin with the year 1798?
Ans: Romantic age begins with the year 1798 because the “Lyrical Ballads” by William Wordsworth and S. T. Coleridge was published in this year.
7. Who is called the poet of nature?
Ans: Wordsworth is called the poet of nature.
8. What is Poet Laureate?
Ans: Poet Laureate is an honorary position appointed by the monarch of the United Kingdom on the advice of the prime minister.
9. What is pantheism?
Ans: Pantheism is a belief that God is present in every thing and being of the universe.
10. What is pastoral poem?
Ans: Pastoral poem is a very ancient genre of poetry which deals with the loves and lives of shepherds, shepherdesses and other folks in an idealized rural setting.
11. What is poetry according to William Wordsworth?
Ans: Poetry, according to William Wordsworth, is “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.”
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