Percy Bysshe Shelley

Question 1

“England in 1819” as inspired by the historical event of the

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Peterloo Massacre

Question 2

William Godwin’s position against matrimony is ironic because

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of his displeasure when his own daughter ran off with Shelley

Question 3

_____ is Shelley’s elegy on the death of Keats.

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“Adonis”

Question 4

“Ozymandias” has the following absurdities:

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Legs which support nothing

An empire which is now only desert

The highest part of the stature is now the lowest

Question 5

Theme and most famous rhetorical question in English Literature for “Ode to the West Wind” -

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“If Winter comes, can spring be far behind?”

Question 6

Section IV of “Ode to the West Wind” reveals Shelley’s

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agreement with the romantic belief in the superiority of childhood innocence and communion with nature