Question

Which characteristic of neoclassical poetry is displayed in this excerpt from the poem “Goliath of Gath” by Phillis Wheatley?

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Answer:

The characteristics of neoclassical poetry are the use of reason and the senses to describe an occurrence.It is not imagination but a real scene described using the intellect and not the imagination.In Goliath of Gath horrible scenes caused from men confronting men are depicted.The feelings of this horrible torture which is the consequence of men at war is portraied in this neoclassical poem

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