Identify the correct group of poets who anticipated the importance of clearer and more correct phrasing and versification.
A
Edmund Waller, John Denham, Abraham Cowley
B
John Donne, Robert Herrick, Michael Drayton
C
Samuel Butler, George Herbert, Richard Crashaw
D
None of these
Correct Option:
A
Explanation
Edmund Waller, John Denham, and Abraham Cowley acted as a bridge between the Metaphysical style of John Donne and the polished heroic couplets that later defined the Neoclassical Age of Alexander Pope.
