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Marianne Moore’s “Poetry” is written in defense of poetry. In the excerpts, which lines or phrases reflect Moore’s opinion of what good poetry should be?

A.. . . to discriminate against "business documents and school-books"; all these phenomena are important

B.One must make a distinction

C.insolence and triviality and can present

D."imaginary gardens with real toads in them,"

E.all its rawness

F.that which is on the other hand genuine,

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W0lf93

D is the correct answer. Moore expressed a wish that poets would create “imaginary gardens with real toads in them” in this poem, showing her opinion against the strict traditions and elitism of poetry as a genre.

david8644

D."imaginary gardens with real toads in them,"

Marianne Moore was an american modernist poet an wrote her poem Poetry in defense of poetry on her time. She believe that poetry should be product of the imagination but with pieces that refer to reality and that can portray and critic current reality.

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