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GATE 2023 XH2 (English) – Question 50

History of English Literature and Literary Studies · English Literary Traditions across Time: Chaucer to contemporary English literature · 2 marks · Multiple choice

Identify the ‘Lake Poets’:

  1. Byron, Shelley, Keats
  2. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron
  3. Byron, Southey, Wordsworth
  4. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey

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Correct answer: (D) Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey

Explanation

The Lake Poets are Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey, who lived in the Lake District.