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What is William Wordsworth's opinion about poetic diction?

  • A."...there is anessential difference between the language of prose and metrical composition".
  • B."A language near to the language of men."
  • C."An operative language for poetry"
  • D."The richest treasure that our wit affords."

Answer: B

Wordsworth's view of poetic diction, in the Preface to the Lyrical Ballads, is that poetry should use a language near to the language of men, the real language of ordinary people in a state of vivid feeling.

He denied that there is an essential difference between the language of prose and of metrical composition, so the first option states the opposite of his view. The other options are not his words.

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