Complete Wordsworth on poetry

Exercise and reference answers

Missing parts

1. Answer

   powerful

   Choices

   1. gentle
   2. powerful
   3. private

2. Answer

   tranquility

   Choices

   1. tranquility
   2. sorrow
   3. argument

3. Answer

   vivid

   Choices

   1. quiet
   2. polite
   3. vivid

Complete the statement

All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of {0} feelings, it takes its origin from emotion recollected in {1}, and it uses the real language of men in a state of {2} sensation.

Instructions

Tap the right word for each blank to finish Wordsworth's own account of what poetry is.

Explanation