Read the excerpt from "Poetry." I, too, dislike it: there are things that are important beyond all this fiddle . Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers that there is in it after all, a place for the genuine. Based on context, what is the most likely definition for “fiddle”?

The speaker says there are important things beyond “all this fiddle,” then admits that poetry can still contain “the genuine.” In this context, “fiddle” means something trivial or foolish rather than a musical instrument. “Nonsense” is the closest choice.

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