The poem is _______?

Read the extract below and answer the following questions

A little learning is a dangerous thing:
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring
The shallow droughts intoxicate the brain
And drinking largely sobers us again

A. allegoric
B. didactic
C. metaphysical
D. romantic

Correct Answer:

Option B – didactic

Explanation

This highlights that as soon as we start having a little knowledge, it intoxicates us with pride and arrogance. However, as soon as a person becomes more knowledgeable, he becomes sober. The poet has beautifully used metaphors to convey that when a person does not get more knowledge and does not become an expert, he often becomes haughty and mislead others. Didacticism is defined as the type of literature that is meant to instruct or teach something.