Read the excerpt from "Poetry."I, too, dislike it: there are things that are important beyond all this fiddle. Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers in it after all, a place for the genuine.Based on context, what is the most likely definition for “fiddle”?

The speaker says poetry may seem unimportant, but reading it carefully can reveal “the genuine.” In this context, “all this fiddle” means the trivial or meaningless stuff associated with poetry, so “nonsense” is the best definition. “Violin” is a literal meaning of “fiddle,” but it does not fit the sentence.

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