Who believed that rhyme is not integral to poetry?
- A. William Wordsworth
- B. Horace
- C. Samuel Daniel
- D. Philip Sidney
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Correct answer: B. B and D only
Explanation
Horace wrote unrhymed quantitative verse, and Sidney held that verse is 'but an ornament and no cause to poetry'. Daniel's Defence of Rhyme argues the opposite.
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