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Q: Lyrical Ballads was published in the year
  • A. 1789
  • B. 1798
  • C. 1785
  • D. 1791
Correct Answer: Option B - ‘Lyrical Ballads’, collection of poems first published in 1798 by William Wordsworth, the appearance of which is often designated by scholars as a signal of the beginning of English Romanticism, the work included Coleridge’s – “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey”. It is a collection of 23 poems, 19 by Wordsworth and 4 by Coleridge.
B. ‘Lyrical Ballads’, collection of poems first published in 1798 by William Wordsworth, the appearance of which is often designated by scholars as a signal of the beginning of English Romanticism, the work included Coleridge’s – “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey”. It is a collection of 23 poems, 19 by Wordsworth and 4 by Coleridge.

Explanations:

‘Lyrical Ballads’, collection of poems first published in 1798 by William Wordsworth, the appearance of which is often designated by scholars as a signal of the beginning of English Romanticism, the work included Coleridge’s – “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey”. It is a collection of 23 poems, 19 by Wordsworth and 4 by Coleridge.