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"All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of ____ emotions."

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Answer:

A. Strong

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Wordsworth's quote means that poetry is inspired by emotions and comes out of a poet's free mind. He believed that a poet should be able to observe and depict the feelings and thoughts of people in exciting situations. 

Wordsworth's poems focused on the ordinary and natural, and were based on the "real language of men".


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