Question

Read the excerpt from “In the Greenest of Our Valleys,” by Edgar Allan Poe. Wanderers in that happy valley Through two luminous windows saw Spirits moving musically To a lute's well-tuned law How do the ideas in the excerpt compare to Poe’s ideas in "The Poetic Principle"?
a.The harmonious images are the “Rhythmical Creation of Beauty” that Poe outlines.

b.The picture of a castle relates to the “incitements of Passion” that Poe outlines.

c.The voyage of the wanderers reflect the “lessons of Truth” that Poe explains.

d.The images of instruments represent the “precepts of Duty” that Poe explains.

Answer 1

A. The harmonious images are the “Rhythmical Creation of Beauty” that Poe outlines.

Answer 2

Answer: the correct answer is a. The harmonious images are the “Rhythmical Creation of Beauty” that Poe outlines

Explanation: in the Poetic Principle by Edgard Allan Poe, he says literally "...An immortal instinct, deep within the spirit of man, is thus, plainly, a sense of the Beautiful. This it is which administers to his delight in the manifold forms, and sounds, and odors, and sentiments, amid which he exists...."