What is the name of the pastoral elegy written by John Milton on the death of Edward king?
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A.
Paradise Regained
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B.
Samson Agonistes
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C.
Lycidas
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D.
The Pilgrim's Progress
Correct Answer:
C. Lycidas
Explanation:
The correct answer is Lycidas. Written in 1637, Lycidas is a pastoral elegy by John Milton dedicated to his college friend, Edward King, who drowned when his ship sank in the Irish Sea. The poem follows the conventions of the pastoral genre, using shepherd imagery to mourn the loss of a talented young man and explore themes of mortality and the afterlife. Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes are later works by Milton, while The Pilgrim's Progress was written by John Bunyan.
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