Questions 1 and 2 are based on this passage
Because the subject matter was so personal, the work of several prominent mid-twentieth century poets has been termed “confessional” poetry. But confession is a bad metaphor for what those poets did. The motive for confession is penitential or therapeutic—by speaking openly about personal guilt and suffering, the poet hopes to make them easier to bear. But these poets always approached their writing as artists, and their motive was aesthetic. Writing from experiences like madness, despair, and lust, their aim was to make effective art, not to cure themselves. To treat their poems mainly as documents of personal experience is not just to diminish the poets’ achievement, but to ignore their unanimous disdain for the idea of confessional poetry.
Consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply.
The passage implies that the poets discussed did NOT
think that a poet’s motivation for writing was relevant in evaluating that poet’s work
experience any relief of their personal suffering as a result of writing
apply to their own work the label by which it has subsequently been know
Select one or more answer choices.

