"It is not rhyming and versing that maketh a poet no more than a long gown maketh an advocate". Whose view is this ?
Correct answer: D. Sidney's
- A. Shakespeare's
- B. Marlowe's
- C. Spenser's
- D. Sidney's
Explanation
The statement appears in Sir Philip Sidney’s Defence of Poesy, where he argues that poetic identity depends on more than rhyme and metre. The comparison with a long gown and an advocate is Sidney’s way of separating outward form from professional substance.
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