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Wordsworth's theory is that poetry is the spontaneous overflow of _____.

good ideas

moral values

strong rhythm

powerful feelings

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The best and most correct answer among the choices provided by the question is the fourth choice ":powerful feelings"

He describes poetry as the spontaneous overflow of emotions. Poetry is not dependent upon rhetorical and literary devices, but is the free expression of the poet's thought and feeling. ... For Wordsworth, the important thing was the emotion aroused by the poem, not the poem itself (hence his lukewarm regard for form).

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