Directions: Who among the following is not a British poet?

Question

Question

This question was previously asked in

TNPSC Group 4 General English Official Paper 2 (Held On : 2018)

Answer 1

The correct answer is 'Robert Frost.'

Key Points

Let's look at the poets and their nationality:
- British poet John Edward Masefield (1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967) was born in Herefordshire. (Herefordshire is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council.)
- Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet born in San Francisco, California.
- David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English writer and poet born in Eastwood.
- Born on March 6, 1806, at Coxhoe Hall, Durham, England, Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet of the Romantic Movement.
Therefore, we can say that Robert Frost was not a British poet.

Hence, the correct answer is option 2.

Additional Information

Robert Frost was honoured frequently during his lifetime and is the only poet to receive four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. He became one of America's rare "public literary figures, almost an artistic institution". He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his poetic works. On July 22, 1961, Frost was named poet laureate of Vermont.