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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Which work contains Wordsworth's most influential statement of his poetic theory?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical Ballads is his major statement on poetry, poetic language and the poet.
• It was added to the second edition of Lyrical Ballads in 1800 and expanded in 1802.
• The other works are associated with Shelley, Coleridge and Matthew Arnold respectively.
• It was added to the second edition of Lyrical Ballads in 1800 and expanded in 1802.
• The other works are associated with Shelley, Coleridge and Matthew Arnold respectively.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Wordsworth defines poetry as the spontaneous overflow of:
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Explanation:
• Wordsworth famously defines poetry as the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.
• The phrase emphasizes the emotional source of poetry rather than mechanical obedience to inherited conventions.
• Spontaneity, however, is balanced by reflection because poetic emotion is also recollected in tranquillity.
• The phrase emphasizes the emotional source of poetry rather than mechanical obedience to inherited conventions.
• Spontaneity, however, is balanced by reflection because poetic emotion is also recollected in tranquillity.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
According to Wordsworth, poetry takes its origin from emotion:
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Explanation:
• Wordsworth states that poetry takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity.
• The poet reflects calmly upon an earlier emotional experience.
• Through contemplation, a related emotion is revived and becomes the basis of poetic composition.
• The poet reflects calmly upon an earlier emotional experience.
• Through contemplation, a related emotion is revived and becomes the basis of poetic composition.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which sequence best represents Wordsworth's account of poetic composition?
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Explanation:
• Wordsworth's theory begins with a powerful experience or feeling.
• The experience is later recollected in a tranquil state.
• Reflection revives a related emotion, from which poetic expression develops.
• The correct sequence is therefore experience → recollection → renewed emotion → composition.
• The experience is later recollected in a tranquil state.
• Reflection revives a related emotion, from which poetic expression develops.
• The correct sequence is therefore experience → recollection → renewed emotion → composition.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
What kind of language does Wordsworth recommend for poetry?
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Explanation:
• Wordsworth advocates a selection of the real language of ordinary people.
• He opposes artificial poetic diction that separates poetry from living speech.
• The word selection is important because he does not recommend an unedited transcript of everyday conversation.
• He opposes artificial poetic diction that separates poetry from living speech.
• The word selection is important because he does not recommend an unedited transcript of everyday conversation.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Why does Wordsworth frequently choose incidents from humble and rustic life?
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Explanation:
• Wordsworth believes that essential human passions can be observed more clearly in humble and rustic life.
• Rural conditions bring feelings into close relation with the permanent forms of nature.
• He does not claim that rustic speakers naturally use metre or that poetry must be confined to rural subjects.
• Rural conditions bring feelings into close relation with the permanent forms of nature.
• He does not claim that rustic speakers naturally use metre or that poetry must be confined to rural subjects.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Wordsworth's objection to conventional poetic diction is chiefly that it:
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Explanation:
• Wordsworth criticizes the mechanical use of stock phrases, personifications and ornamental expressions.
• Such diction can become detached from authentic feeling and living language.
• His reform seeks greater simplicity, emotional truth and continuity with common speech.
• Such diction can become detached from authentic feeling and living language.
• His reform seeks greater simplicity, emotional truth and continuity with common speech.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
According to Wordsworth, what is the principal function of metre in poetry?
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Explanation:
• Wordsworth argues that metre gives pleasure through regularity and expectation.
• It can soften or temper the pain produced by powerful subject matter.
• Metre does not mechanically reproduce ordinary conversation, nor does it eliminate emotion.
• It can soften or temper the pain produced by powerful subject matter.
• Metre does not mechanically reproduce ordinary conversation, nor does it eliminate emotion.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Wordsworth describes the poet primarily as:
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Explanation:
• Wordsworth calls the poet a man speaking to men.
• This description rejects the idea that the poet belongs to an inaccessible professional caste.
• The poet nevertheless possesses heightened sensibility, enthusiasm, knowledge of human nature and expressive power.
• This description rejects the idea that the poet belongs to an inaccessible professional caste.
• The poet nevertheless possesses heightened sensibility, enthusiasm, knowledge of human nature and expressive power.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Which quality does Wordsworth especially attribute to the poet?
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Explanation:
• Wordsworth's poet possesses greater sensibility, enthusiasm and tenderness than ordinary people.
• The poet also has a wider knowledge of human nature and a stronger capacity to express feelings.
• These differences are of degree rather than a separation of the poet from common humanity.
• The poet also has a wider knowledge of human nature and a stronger capacity to express feelings.
• These differences are of degree rather than a separation of the poet from common humanity.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Statement I: Wordsworth rejects every form of metre as artificial.
Statement II: Wordsworth believes metre can increase pleasure and regulate emotional intensity.
Statement II: Wordsworth believes metre can increase pleasure and regulate emotional intensity.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement I is incorrect because Wordsworth defends the legitimate use of metre.
• Statement II is correct because metre produces pleasure through regular recurrence and can moderate painful emotion.
• Wordsworth opposes artificial diction, not metrical composition itself.
• Therefore, Statement I is incorrect while Statement II is correct.
• Statement II is correct because metre produces pleasure through regular recurrence and can moderate painful emotion.
• Wordsworth opposes artificial diction, not metrical composition itself.
• Therefore, Statement I is incorrect while Statement II is correct.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Assertion: Wordsworth prefers a selection of common language rather than an exact transcript of every rustic utterance.
Reason: He removes expressions that appear gross, trivial or unsuitable to the lasting purposes of poetry.
Reason: He removes expressions that appear gross, trivial or unsuitable to the lasting purposes of poetry.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because Wordsworth repeatedly refers to a selection of real language.
• The Reason is correct because poetic language must be purified of accidental vulgarity, triviality and local peculiarity.
• The Reason directly explains why Wordsworth's theory is not a demand for literal transcription.
• Therefore, option A is correct.
• The Reason is correct because poetic language must be purified of accidental vulgarity, triviality and local peculiarity.
• The Reason directly explains why Wordsworth's theory is not a demand for literal transcription.
• Therefore, option A is correct.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Match List I with List II.
List I:
1. Spontaneous overflow
2. Recollection in tranquillity
3. Rustic life
4. Metre
List II:
a. Reflective recovery of an earlier feeling
b. Regularity that adds pleasure and moderates emotion
c. Emotional source of poetry
d. Setting in which elementary passions appear more clearly
List I:
1. Spontaneous overflow
2. Recollection in tranquillity
3. Rustic life
4. Metre
List II:
a. Reflective recovery of an earlier feeling
b. Regularity that adds pleasure and moderates emotion
c. Emotional source of poetry
d. Setting in which elementary passions appear more clearly
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Spontaneous overflow refers to the powerful emotional source of poetry.
• Recollection in tranquillity refers to reflective recovery of earlier emotion.
• Rustic life presents elementary passions in a simpler and clearer form.
• Metre provides regularity, pleasure and emotional moderation, so the correct code is 1-c, 2-a, 3-d, 4-b.
• Recollection in tranquillity refers to reflective recovery of earlier emotion.
• Rustic life presents elementary passions in a simpler and clearer form.
• Metre provides regularity, pleasure and emotional moderation, so the correct code is 1-c, 2-a, 3-d, 4-b.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Which sequence gives the correct publication history of the early Lyrical Ballads and its Preface?
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Explanation:
• The first edition of Lyrical Ballads appeared in 1798 without the full Preface.
• Wordsworth added the Preface to the second edition in 1800.
• He expanded and revised the Preface in the 1802 edition.
• The correct sequence is therefore 1798 → 1800 → 1802.
• Wordsworth added the Preface to the second edition in 1800.
• He expanded and revised the Preface in the 1802 edition.
• The correct sequence is therefore 1798 → 1800 → 1802.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Consider the following statements about Wordsworth's theory of poetic language:
1. Poetry should use a selection of ordinary language.
2. Genuine poetic feeling requires artificial personification.
3. The language should be purified of trivial and accidental defects.
4. There is no essential difference between the language of prose and metrical composition.
Which statements are correct?
1. Poetry should use a selection of ordinary language.
2. Genuine poetic feeling requires artificial personification.
3. The language should be purified of trivial and accidental defects.
4. There is no essential difference between the language of prose and metrical composition.
Which statements are correct?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because Wordsworth advocates selected ordinary language.
• Statement 2 is incorrect because he criticizes mechanical personification and artificial poetic ornament.
• Statement 3 is correct because the language must be purified of grossness and triviality.
• Statement 4 is correct because he denies an essential linguistic difference between prose and metrical composition; therefore 1, 3 and 4 only are correct.
• Statement 2 is incorrect because he criticizes mechanical personification and artificial poetic ornament.
• Statement 3 is correct because the language must be purified of grossness and triviality.
• Statement 4 is correct because he denies an essential linguistic difference between prose and metrical composition; therefore 1, 3 and 4 only are correct.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
A poem describes a village funeral through inflated mythological allusions and stock phrases unrelated to the mourners' feelings. Which Wordsworthian criticism applies most directly?
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Explanation:
• Wordsworth would object to language that mechanically imports grandiose ornament into a simple human situation.
• Poetic diction should arise from genuine feeling and remain intelligible through its relation to ordinary language.
• The rural subject is not the problem; the failure lies in artificial expression detached from emotional truth.
• Poetic diction should arise from genuine feeling and remain intelligible through its relation to ordinary language.
• The rural subject is not the problem; the failure lies in artificial expression detached from emotional truth.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Which statement best represents Wordsworth's view of the relation between prose and metrical composition?
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Explanation:
• Wordsworth argues that there neither is nor can be any essential difference between the language of prose and metrical composition.
• Both can draw upon the same living language and express genuine passion.
• Metre nevertheless supplies patterned regularity and an additional source of pleasure.
• Both can draw upon the same living language and express genuine passion.
• Metre nevertheless supplies patterned regularity and an additional source of pleasure.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
According to Wordsworth, the immediate purpose of a poet is principally to:
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Explanation:
• Wordsworth gives pleasure a central place in the poet's immediate purpose.
• This pleasure arises from sympathy, recognition and truthful representation of human passions.
• Poetry may deepen moral understanding, but it does so through imaginative and emotional engagement rather than abstract command.
• This pleasure arises from sympathy, recognition and truthful representation of human passions.
• Poetry may deepen moral understanding, but it does so through imaginative and emotional engagement rather than abstract command.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
What happens during contemplation in Wordsworth's account of poetic creation?
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Explanation:
• Wordsworth explains that the poet contemplates an earlier emotion in tranquillity.
• As contemplation continues, a kindred emotion is gradually produced again.
• The tranquil state then gives way to renewed feeling, from which successful composition may begin.
• As contemplation continues, a kindred emotion is gradually produced again.
• The tranquil state then gives way to renewed feeling, from which successful composition may begin.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Which statement most accurately explains Wordsworth's defence of metre?
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Explanation:
• Metre establishes recurring patterns that create expectation and pleasure.
• Its regularity can balance the disturbing force of painful or intense subject matter.
• Wordsworth defends metre functionally rather than merely through ancient authority or convention.
• Its regularity can balance the disturbing force of painful or intense subject matter.
• Wordsworth defends metre functionally rather than merely through ancient authority or convention.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Wordsworth's phrase language really used by men should be understood as referring to:
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Explanation:
• Wordsworth does not ask poets to reproduce every accidental feature of conversation.
• He advocates selected living speech, especially language connected with genuine feeling and durable human experience.
• Poetic judgement removes trivial, coarse or merely local elements while preserving natural expression.
• He advocates selected living speech, especially language connected with genuine feeling and durable human experience.
• Poetic judgement removes trivial, coarse or merely local elements while preserving natural expression.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Why is the poet able to communicate absent or imagined passions with unusual force, according to Wordsworth?
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Explanation:
• Wordsworth attributes to the poet a greater readiness and power in thinking and feeling.
• The poet can recreate passions even when the original objects are absent.
• This imaginative and emotional responsiveness enables the poet to represent human experience vividly and sympathetically.
• The poet can recreate passions even when the original objects are absent.
• This imaginative and emotional responsiveness enables the poet to represent human experience vividly and sympathetically.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Which pair misrepresents Wordsworth's critical position?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Wordsworth rejects the claim that poetry requires a permanently elevated and artificial diction.
• Rustic life is valued because elementary passions appear there more simply and clearly.
• The poet possesses heightened sensibility, while metre adds pleasure and regulates emotional intensity.
• Therefore, the pair linking poetic diction with indispensable elevated language misrepresents his position.
• Rustic life is valued because elementary passions appear there more simply and clearly.
• The poet possesses heightened sensibility, while metre adds pleasure and regulates emotional intensity.
• Therefore, the pair linking poetic diction with indispensable elevated language misrepresents his position.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Assertion: Wordsworth's poetic theory combines emotional spontaneity with reflective discipline.
Reason: The poem originates in powerful feeling, but that feeling is mediated through recollection, contemplation and renewed emotion.
Reason: The poem originates in powerful feeling, but that feeling is mediated through recollection, contemplation and renewed emotion.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because Wordsworth does not reduce poetry to uncontrolled emotional release.
• The Reason is correct because recollection and contemplation transform earlier experience into renewed poetic feeling.
• The Reason directly explains how spontaneity and reflection work together in his theory.
• Therefore, option A is correct.
• The Reason is correct because recollection and contemplation transform earlier experience into renewed poetic feeling.
• The Reason directly explains how spontaneity and reflection work together in his theory.
• Therefore, option A is correct.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which integrated statement best represents Wordsworth's literary criticism?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Wordsworth grounds poetry in powerful feeling and reflective recollection.
• He advocates selected common language and often chooses humble life as a setting for elementary passions.
• Metre contributes pleasure and regulates emotional intensity.
• The poet remains a human speaker with heightened sensibility who addresses the common experiences of humanity.
• He advocates selected common language and often chooses humble life as a setting for elementary passions.
• Metre contributes pleasure and regulates emotional intensity.
• The poet remains a human speaker with heightened sensibility who addresses the common experiences of humanity.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: B. Preface to Lyrical Ballads సమాధానం: B.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: A. Powerful feelings సమాధానం: A.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. Recollected in tranquillity సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. Powerful experience → recollection in tranquillity → renewed emotion → poetic expression సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: A. A selection of the real language used by ordinary people సమాధానం: A.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: C. Essential human passions appear there in a simpler and less restrained form. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: B. Employs artificial phrases remote from genuine feeling and ordinary speech సమాధానం: B.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. To add pleasure and temper painful emotion through regularity సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. A man speaking to men సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. A more lively sensibility and greater knowledge of human nature సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: D. Statement I is incorrect, but Statement II is correct సమాధానం: D.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: A. 1-c, 2-a, 3-d, 4-b సమాధానం: A.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: B. Lyrical Ballads in 1798 → Preface added in 1800 → Preface expanded in 1802 సమాధానం: B.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: C. 1, 3 and 4 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: B. The diction is artificial and disconnected from genuine human emotion. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: C. There is no essential difference between their language, though metre adds a distinct source of pleasure. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: D. Communicate pleasure through a truthful representation of human feeling సమాధానం: D.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: B. Tranquillity gradually disappears as a kindred emotion is reproduced in the mind. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: D. Metre creates pleasurable expectation and can balance the intensity of represented passions. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: C. Selected living speech shaped for poetic purpose సమాధానం: C.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: A. The poet possesses a heightened capacity to think and feel without immediate external stimulation. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: D. Poetic diction — indispensable elevated language for all poetry సమాధానం: D.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: C. Poetry transforms deeply felt experience through tranquil recollection, selected common language and metrical pleasure, with the poet addressing shared human nature. సమాధానం: C.