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Among the canonical Romantic poets, the 'big six' standardly include all EXCEPT:
AWordsworth
BTennyson
CColeridge
DShelley
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Tennyson
1. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Blake are the canonical six.
2. Tennyson belongs to the next generation (Victorian).
3. The chronology cleanly separates Romantic from Victorian.
_Source: Literary History — composite reference — "Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley — Romantic cluster"_
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