“Mutability” and “A Defence of Poetry” by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Question 6 • OK-English Language Arts 12 B 34121B
Read the second stanza from "Mutability.”Or like forgotten lyres, whose dissonant strings Give various response to each varying blast, To whose frail frame no second motion brings One mood or modulation like the last.
Answer
A
Like a lyre with strings that need to be tuned, humans will inevitably find reasons to disagree about things.
B
Like a lyre with strings that always make new sounds, humans respond uniquely to different experiences.
C
Like a lyre that has a fragile structure, humans are too delicate to survive in a harsh and unforgiving universe.
D
Like a lyre that is capable of always playing new music, humans will be remembered for their intense creativity.