How does Eliot sum up the peculiar quality of Marvell's 'Horatian Ode'?
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Correct answer: C. 'A tough reasonableness beneath the slight lyric grace'
Explanation
Eliot's 'Andrew Marvell' (1921) praises 'a tough reasonableness beneath the slight lyric grace'. 'Telescoping of images' is his phrase for metaphysical wit in 'The Metaphysical Poets'.
Note: The raw source key gave option 2; corrected per Eliot's essay.
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