Which of the following were Movement poets?
- A. Donald Davie
- B. Hilda Doolittle
- C. Michael Longley
- D. Philip Larkin
- E. Derek Walcott
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Correct answer: B. A and D only
Explanation
'The Movement' (named by J. D. Scott in The Spectator, 1954; anthology New Lines, 1956) included Larkin, Davie, Amis, Enright, Jennings, Gunn and Wain. H. D. was an Imagist, Longley is a Northern Irish poet and Walcott a Caribbean one.
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