Which of the following statements are correct about the metaphysical poets?
a) The term "metaphysical poets" is frequently used to describe a group of seventeenth-century poets.
b) Metaphysical poets were a group of English poets who all lived in the Lake District of England, United Kingdom,
c) John Donne, George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Andrew Marvell, and Richard Crashaw are a few well-known metaphysical poets.
d) The critic Samuel Johnson first used the term "metaphysical poets" to refer to a group of English poets who wrote throughout the 17th century and whose verse was more focused on the spoken than the lyrical qualities.
e) Alexander Pope, William Blake and Richard Lovelace are sometimes included in the group.
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a, c and d
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a and b
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b, c, d and e
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a, b, c and d
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