A. Principal of selection
B. Metrical composition
C. Personification of abstract ideas
D. Real language of men
✅ The correct answer is option A.
8541. Who said that poetry is the most philosophic of all writing?
A. William Wordsworth
B. William Shakespeare
C. Aristotle
D. Matthew Arnold
✅ The correct answer is option C.
8578. In what ways is Lyrical Ballads different from much of the poetry that was popular when it was published?
A. It calls for even more strict and rigid poetic forms
B. It features poems that focus on nature and rural communities
C. It contains poems that are more complicated and academic in tone.
D. It sought to stimulate the reader’s reasoning mind.
✅ The correct answer is option B.
8575. According to Wordsworth, poetic diction has
A. Rules
B. No rules
C. Rustic language
D. Simple language
✅ The correct answer is option B.
8572. According to Wordsworth, prose and poetry differs by
A. Style
B. Emotion
C. Preface
D. Metre
✅ The correct answer is option D.
8569. only the best poetry according to Arnold is capable of performing its ___
A. duty
B. job
C. task
D. systems
✅ The correct answer is option C.
8566. according to Arnold, poetry interprets life in ____ ways.
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
✅ The correct answer is option B.
8563. the first great principle of criticism emancipated by Arnold is __________
A. Disinterestedness
B. Detachment
C. Discernment
D. Disaffectation
✅ The correct answer is option A.
8561. Poetry according to Arnold, attaches its emotion to the
A. theme
B. style
C. idea
D. diction
✅ The correct answer is option D.
8559. According to Arnold, the scantiest and frailest of classics in English poetry is
A. Gray
B. Pope
C. Burns
D. Milton
✅ The correct answer is option A.