The opening lines of Charlotte Smith’s “Beachy Head” refer to the speaker “reclin[ing]” on the “stupendous summit” of a “rock sublime” as her “Fancy” went forth. This poem reflects which of the following features common to much Romantic poetry?
AA focus on the poet as seer as in some of Keats’s poems
BA nod to the poet as outcast as in some of Byron’s poems
CAn emphasis on the relationship between a natural setting and the imagination as in Wordsworth’s poems
DA call for social and political reform as in some of Shelley’s works
Correct answer
C. An emphasis on the relationship between a natural setting and the imagination as in Wordsworth’s poems
Explanation
The correct answer is An emphasis on the relationship between a natural setting and the imagination as in Wordsworth’s poems.