“Mutability” and “A Defence of Poetry” by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Question 10 • CARE_24_25_TX-English IV A
Read the passage from "A Defence of Poetry.”A poet participates in the eternal, the infinite, and the one; as far as relates to his conceptions, time and place and number are not.In his poem "Mutability,” Shelley
Answer
A
focuses on the beauty of nature rather than addressing time.
B
contradicts this idea by focusing on the inevitability of change.
C
explains the importance of music in the inspiration of humankind.
D
supports this idea with figurative language focused on timelessness.