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Q: In which poem of Wordsworth, does the line, “Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting”, occur?
  • A. Tintern Abbey
  • B. The Recluse
  • C. The Prelude
  • D. Immortality Ode
Correct Answer: Option D - The line “Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting” occurs in the poem “Ode : Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood”. This poem was completed in 1804 and published in 1807 in – "Poem, in Two Volumes." This poem is an irregular Pindaric Ode in 11 stanzas.
D. The line “Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting” occurs in the poem “Ode : Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood”. This poem was completed in 1804 and published in 1807 in – "Poem, in Two Volumes." This poem is an irregular Pindaric Ode in 11 stanzas.

Explanations:

The line “Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting” occurs in the poem “Ode : Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood”. This poem was completed in 1804 and published in 1807 in – "Poem, in Two Volumes." This poem is an irregular Pindaric Ode in 11 stanzas.