Samuel Johnson was first to point out the similarities in style and content of some poets of the Jacobean and Carolinian periods

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Samuel Johnson was first to point out the similarities in style and content of some poets of the Jacobean and Carolinian periods

. Choose the correct words to complete the passage below.
Metaphysical poetry in the ____ century broke away from conventions of lyric poetry. The difference is apparent in the choice of ____imagery, intellectual wordplay, and the use of colloquial language. John Donne, Andrew Marvell, and George Herbert wrote in this style.
First blank options
A) fifteenth
B)seventeenth
C)nineteenth
D)eighteenth

Second Blank Options
A) Natural
B) cacophonous
C) Scientific
D) Euphonious

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seraphim [7.4K] · Answer 1 · 2026-02-23T05:31:05+03:00

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The second blank is incorrect. It should be Euphonious.

1. Seventeenth

2. Euphonious

Gnom [7.5K] · Answer 2 · 2026-02-23T05:30:03+03:00

During the seventeenth century, metaphysical poetry deviated from traditional lyrical forms. This distinction is evident through the use of cacophonous imagery...

Johnson categorized five poets within this style: John Donne, Andrew Marvel, George Herbert, Richard Crashaw, and Henry Vaughan. However, they did not form a cohesive literary movement and were not known to read one another's work. It’s only in modern times that we recognize parallels among them.

Cacophonous imagery was a hallmark of their poetry, characterized by striking and unconventional language and metaphors that would have been jarring even in their own era. An example includes Donne's metaphor of two lovers' souls being akin to two compasses in A Valediction Forbidding Mourning.