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1
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“England in 1819” as inspired by the historical event of the

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Peterloo Massacre

2
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William Godwin’s position against matrimony is ironic because

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of his displeasure when his own daughter ran off with Shelley

3
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_____ is Shelley’s elegy on the death of Keats.

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“Adonis”

4
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“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

5
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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?”

6
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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