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One of the most quoted statements on poetry by John Keats is reproduced with blanks below. Complete the…

Keats writes “If Poetry come not ... it had better not come at all”. The other options modernise the first verb incorrectly for an exact quotation or change the second…

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One of the most quoted statements on poetry by John Keats is reproduced with blanks
below. Complete the statement with correct words.
“If Poetry __________ as naturally as the leaves to a tree, it __________ at all”.

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Keats writes “If Poetry come not ... it had better not come at all”. The other options modernise the first verb incorrectly for an exact quotation or change the second clause’s wording.

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