Which Romantic poet would have believed that a poet needs influence from something external and transformative in order to write a strong poem ?
Correct answer: D. Percy Shelley
- A. William Blake
- B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- C. Lord Byron
- D. Percy Shelley
Explanation
Percy Shelley argued in “A Defence of Poetry” that poetry arises from an external and transformative inspiration, rather than from deliberate mechanical composition. This view is central to his theory of poetic inspiration.
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