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Which of these statements are incorrect in reference to Metaphysical poetry? (i) Metaphysical poetry uses scientific, medical and legal words and phrases to create arguments about the philosophical aspect of life. (ii) With the reaction against Elizabethan ideas and techniques, the old rhetorical contrived style gave way to a more condensed style, following more closely the wording and rhythms of everyday speech. (iii) The Metaphysicals often deliver spectacular philosophical ideas, and set out highly emotional situations in an off-hand way, and accompany them with humour and sometimes with paradox. (iv) The arrival of the Renaissance and the Church Reformation and the humanism that followed paralleled the advent of the Metaphysical period in poetry.