Which poet asserted in practice and theory the value of representing rustic life and language as well as social outcasts and delinquents not only in pastoral poetry, common before this poet's time, but also as the major subject and medium for poetry in general ?
Correct answer: D. William Wordsworth
- A. William Blake
- B. Alfred Lord Tennyson
- C. Samuel Johnson
- D. William Wordsworth
Explanation
Wordsworth made rustic people, social outsiders, and ordinary language central to poetry, especially in the Preface to Lyrical Ballads. His theory challenged the elevated diction and restricted subjects favoured by much earlier poetry.
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