Poetic Diction was taken to be the standard language for poetry in______________?
Correct answer: B. The Neo-Classical Age
- A. The Elizabethan Age
- B. The Neo-Classical Age
- C. The Romantic Age
- D. The Victorian Age
Explanation
The Neoclassical Age treated poetic diction as a special, elevated language governed by decorum and classical models. Romantic poets later challenged this artificial separation between poetic and ordinary language.
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