Which of the following descriptions does NOT pertain to the Imagists ?
Correct answer: D. Creative reliance on conventional poetic forms
- A. Total freedom in choosing the subject
- B. Striving for concentrated expression and imagery
- C. Reliance on the language of common speech
- D. Creative reliance on conventional poetic forms
Explanation
Imagists rejected dependence on inherited poetic forms and favoured precision, direct treatment, common speech, and freedom of subject. Conventional form is therefore the description that does not fit them.
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