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AssignmentMultiple Choice

“Mutability” and “A Defence of Poetry” by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Question 2 • *HSA 26-27 English IV A -IC

Which detail further explains Shelley’s idea that language, unlike other forms of artistic expression, comes directly from the imagination?

Answer
A
“For language is arbitrarily produced by the imagination”
B
“The former is as a mirror which reflects, the latter as a cloud which enfeebles”
C
“and has relation to thoughts alone”
D
“both are mediums of communication”
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