Question

holding on upside down or in quest of something to eat, elephants pushing, a wild horse taking a roll ... all these phenomena are important. one must make a distinction however: when dragged into prominence by half poets, the result is not poetry, nor till the autocrats among us can be \literalists of the imagination\—above insolence and triviality and can present for inspection, imaginary gardens with real toads in them, shall we have it. in the meantime, if you demand on the one hand, in defiance of their opinion—the raw material of poetry in all its rawness, and that which is on the other hand, genuine, then you are interested in poetry.

a. poets use abstract concepts because such ideas can be easily understood and make the poem universal

b. poets use abstract concepts, so it is hard to determine the meaning of a poem.

c. poetry is inconsequential because it combines ideas illogically, such as imaginary gardens with real - life objects placed in them

d. poets should write at least one poem that includes a pastoral or romantic scene

e. poets must be able to inject real emotion into abstract concepts.

Explanation:

The passage emphasizes that poetry requires a balance between raw material and genuineness. It mentions the importance of presenting "imaginary gardens with real toads in them", which implies a combination of the abstract (imaginary gardens) and the real (real - toads). Options A - E are analyzed in the context of the passage's view on poetry. Option A is not supported as the passage doesn't suggest abstract concepts are used for easy understanding and universality. Option B has no basis in the passage regarding difficulty in determining meaning due to abstract concepts. Option C misinterprets the combination of ideas in poetry as illogical; the passage sees it as a key aspect. Option D about pastoral or romantic scenes is not mentioned. Option E aligns with the idea that poets need to make abstract concepts genuine, which can be seen as injecting real emotion into them.

Answer:

E. Poets must be able to inject real emotion into abstract concepts.