The foremost poet of Jacobean era was ?
Correct answer: C. John Donne
- A. John Milton
- B. Charles Bacon
- C. John Donne
- D. Herbert Spencer
Explanation
John Donne is generally regarded as the foremost poet of the Jacobean age and the major English metaphysical poet. Milton belongs chiefly to the later Puritan or Commonwealth period.
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