In tracing the history of English poetry, Thomas Gray’s “Progress of Poesy” invokes a major poet as…
Gray’s description of the sublime poet exploring the abyss invokes Milton and Paradise Lost. Shakespeare is invoked elsewhere; Spenser and Dryden do not identify this passage.
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In tracing the history of English poetry, Thomas Gray’s “Progress of Poesy” invokes a major
poet as follows :
“Nor second He, that rode sublime
Upon the seraph-wings of Extasy,
The secrets of th’ Abyss to spy.”
Who is “He” ?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer C
Gray’s description of the sublime poet exploring the abyss invokes Milton and Paradise Lost. Shakespeare is invoked elsewhere; Spenser and Dryden do not identify this passage.
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