The line "It is an honourable characteristic of Poetry that its materials are to be found in every subject which can interest the human mind" appears in which essay ?
Correct answer: C. "Advertisement to Lyrical Ballads"
- A. "A Defense of Poetry"
- B. "The Rights of Man"
- C. "Advertisement to Lyrical Ballads"
- D. "An Essay on Dramatic Poetry"
Explanation
The statement comes from Wordsworth's Advertisement to Lyrical Ballads, where he explains that poetry may draw its materials from any subject capable of engaging the human mind. The other options are different prose works by other writers or genres.
Last updated
Practise Poetry
889 free Poetry MCQs from English Literature, each with the correct answer and an explanation. Unlimited attempts, no account needed.
Exams that ask English Literature questions like this
English Literature is on 2 papers prepared for on TestUstad, and all of them draw the same bank, so this question is worth knowing for every one of them.
Related questions
A number of the British Romantic poets argue what character to be the protagonist (or "hero") of John Milton's "Paradise Lost" ?
A poem which consists of fourteen line is called________________?
A side note: Which drug/substance was Samuel Taylor Coleridge addicted to ?
A tortured, dark-spirited, wry, and intellectual protagonist would most likely be found in a poem by______________?
According to Dante, what place is at the top of his purgatory ?