Marianne Moore’s 1919 poem 'Poetry' discusses a complicated relationship with the art form, admitting its value while also showing some dislike. Which quotation from 'Poetry' most effectively illustrates the claim?

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TAS English QUESTION #5360

Question 1

'nor is it valid / to discriminate against 'business documents and/ school-books'; all these phenomena are important.'
'One must make a distinction / however: when dragged into prominence by half poets, the result is not / poetry'
'when [poems] become so derivative as to become unintelligible, the / same thing may be said for all of us that we / do not admire what / we cannot understand.'
'Reading [poetry], however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers that there is in / it after all, a place for the genuine.'✔️

Correct Answer Explanation

This quote explicitly mentions 'perfect contempt' (displeasure) alongside finding 'the genuine' (merit).

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