Question 76Asked in BPSC TRE 3.0 (2024) English Class 11-12

Who coined the term 'Curtal Sonnet'?

AJohn Keats
BG.M. Hopkins
CEdmund Spenser
DMore than one of the above
ENone of the above

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Correct answer: (B) G.M. Hopkins

Explanation

Gerard Manley Hopkins coined the term 'curtal sonnet' for his shortened sonnet of ten and a half lines (in the proportion of 6 + 4.5), as in 'Pied Beauty'.

From BPSC TRE 3.0 (2024) English Class 11-12 — Previous Year Paper

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