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 andschool-books”; all these phenomena are important.
C
When they become so derivative as to becomeunintelligible, the same thing may be said for all of us, that we do not admire what we cannot understand
D
nor till the poets among us can be “literalists of the imagination”—aboveinsolence and triviality and can presentfor inspection, “imaginary gardens with real toads in them,” shall we have it.
Explanation
The phrase “imaginary gardens with real toads in them” captures Moore’s idea that poetry can use imagination while still expressing something genuine and recognizable. The “real toads” suggest authentic thoughts and feelings rather than empty or obscure language. Choice D states this idea most directly.
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