Which of the following is a typically Romantic poetic form ?
Correct answer: C. the fragment
- A. the fractal
- B. the figment
- C. the fragment
- D. the aubade
Explanation
The fragment, an incomplete or deliberately unfinished poetic form, suited Romantic interest in imagination, mystery, and suggestiveness. An aubade is a dawn song, but it is a lyric genre rather than the specifically Romantic form intended here.
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