What did Byron deride with his scathing reference to \'Peddlers,' and 'Boats,' and 'Wagons'!\ ?
Correct answer: D. Wordsworth's devotion to the ordinary and everyday
- A. the neo-classical influence of Pope and Dryden
- B. the clumsiness of Shakespeare's plots
- C. the Orientalist fantasies of Coleridge
- D. Wordsworth's devotion to the ordinary and everyday
Explanation
Byron's references to 'Peddlers,' 'Boats,' and 'Wagons' mock Wordsworth's preference for humble subjects and ordinary rural life. They target Wordsworth's poetic realism, not Shakespeare's plots or Coleridge's Orientalism.
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