单项选择题
During the 1960s there was an unexpected revival of oral poetry in Britain. The live performance was seen as very important, not only for the poets, but also for their audiences. People didn’ t only buy a book of poems, they also went along to see and hear their favorite poets read their own work. Many young poets enjoyed a very large following which was made up mainly of young people. Some poets became almost as famous as pop stars and Brian Patten was one of these.
He is one of a group of three young poets who became very famous at that time. The other two were Roger McGough and Adrian Henri. All three of them came from Liverpool and together they became known as, of course, "the Liverpool Poets’.
Brian Patten’s poetry is not "difficult" in the way that some modem poetry is. It can be enjoyed without a deep knowledge of other writers and other poets. But like all real poetry it needs to be read carefully in order to achieve the particular effect they want.
For instance, in his poem "Ode on Celestial Music" Brian Patten wants to show the folly of trying to reject the world of physical beauty in favor of the world of pure ideas. He wants to show that such a rejection is ridiculous. One of the de vices which tile poet uses to achieve this effect is to make the speaker in the poem use colloquial language which contrast sharply with his lofty ideas.
A．his poems were the best at his time
B．he and his group were the best at his time
C．it was not necessary to have any knowledge when writing poems
D．it was silly to reject the real world in order to express the ideal world