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According to Plato, what is the purpose of poetry?
According to Plato, what is the purpose of poetry?
- To express personality and emotions
- To tell what actually happened
- To escape from personality
- To give general truths (correct)
What did Aristotle consider the difference between poetry and history to be?
What did Aristotle consider the difference between poetry and history to be?
- Poetry tends to give general truths, while history gives particular facts (correct)
- Poetry is more scientific, history is more serious
- Poetry tells actual events, history tells hypothetical events
- Poetry gives particular facts, history gives general truths
According to Robert Frost, how does poetry begin and end?
According to Robert Frost, how does poetry begin and end?
- Begins in wisdom and ends in delight
- Begins in delight and ends in wisdom (correct)
- Begins in emotion and ends in escape from personality
- Begins in escape from emotion and ends in expression of personality
What did T.S. Eliot emphasize about the nature of poetry?
What did T.S. Eliot emphasize about the nature of poetry?
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What were the features of 16th century poetry based on the text?
What were the features of 16th century poetry based on the text?
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