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Wordsworth's poet, in addition to organic sensibility, must have:
AMarried late
BTravelled widely
CThought long and deeply
DStudied law
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Thought long and deeply
1. The Preface pairs sensibility with 'thought long and deeply.'
2. The combination distinguishes the poet from the merely emotive person.
3. It anticipates Coleridge's later 'philosophical' definition of imagination.
_Source: Project Gutenberg #8905 — Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical Ballads (1800) — "more than usual organic sensibility ... thought long and deeply"_
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