The concept of 'Affective Fallacy' warns against evaluating a poem based on:
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Correct answer: Its emotional impact on the reader
Wimsatt and Beardsley argued that focusing on the reader's emotional response leads to impressionism and relativism. Like the Intentional Fallacy, this concept seeks to preserve the poem as an objective, autonomous artifact.
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