Professor Hammer argues that in a certain sense Wallace Stevens's poetry is always meta-poetry. What does this mean ?
Correct answer: B. Stevens's poetry investigates its own rules.
- A. Stevens's poetry is primarily, though not explicitly, concerned with metaphysics.
- B. Stevens's poetry investigates its own rules.
- C. Stevens's poetry always addresses several different audiences.
- D. Stevens's poetry highlights an objective voice.
Explanation
Meta-poetry is poetry that draws attention to its own making, language, and artistic rules. Stevens’s poems frequently examine how perception and poetic imagination construct the reality they describe.
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