Experimentation in which of the following areas of poetic expression characterize Victorian poetry and allow Victorian poets to represent psychology in a different way ?
Correct answer: D. all of the above
- A. the use of pictorial description to construct visual images to represent the emotion or situation of the poem
- B. sound as a means to express meaning
- C. perspective, as in the dramatic monologue
- D. all of the above
Explanation
Victorian poets experimented with visual imagery, sound patterns, and shifting perspectives such as the dramatic monologue. These techniques allowed emotion and psychology to be represented indirectly, so all three apply.
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