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Meta Poetry: Poetry about Poetry — Quiz

Question 4 • Honors English III

Which lines from "Poetry" best indicate that the poet believes that poetry should express authentic thoughts, feelings, and ideas?

Answer
A
I, too, dislike it: there are things that are important beyond all this fiddle.
B
nor is it valid / to discriminate against “business documents and / school-books”; all these phenomena are important.
C
When they become so derivative as to become unintelligible, the / same thing may be said for all of us—that we / do not admire what / we cannot understand
D
nor till the autocrats among us can be / “literalists of / the imagination”—above / insolence and triviality and can present / for inspection, imaginary gardens with real toads in them, shall we have / it.

Explanation

In D, Moore says poetry should present “imaginary gardens with real toads in them.” The image suggests that imaginative writing should still contain something genuine and recognizable, rather than being empty or merely decorative. The other choices focus on poetry’s importance, the value of different kinds of writing, or the need for readers to understand it.

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