Flashcards in Percy Bysshe Shelley Deck (6)
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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