“Mutability” and “A Defence of Poetry” by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Question 4 of 10 • NY-English Language Arts 12 CR
Bruno’s teacher challenged his class to create their own line of poetry to add after the final stanza of "Mutability”:It is the same!—For, be it joy or sorrow, The path of its departure still is free: Man’s yesterday may ne’er be like his morrow; Nought may endure but Mutability.
Answer
A
We die.—And in death, at last, achieve everlasting peace.
B
We live.—Knowing that today’s sun may give way to tomorrow’s rain.
C
We endure.—Man’s soul is like the bedrock, eternal and unchanged.
D
We thrive.—Realizing that life provides the fertile soil for us to blossom in.