Which poet defines poetry as "the expression of the imagination" ?
Correct answer: C. Percy Shelley
- A. William Hazlitt
- B. William Wordsworth
- C. Percy Shelley
- D. Lord Byron
Explanation
In A Defence of Poetry, Shelley links poetry with the imaginative power that apprehends and reshapes reality, describing it as an expression of imagination. Wordsworth instead famously defines poetry as the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.
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