Question

Write five to six sentences explaining how the ideas in "Mutability” show one or more ideas expressed in "A Defence of Poetry.” Use examples from the essay and the poem in your answer.

Answer 1

Shelley’s poem “Mutability” shows some of the ideas he expresses in his essay “A Defence of Poetry.” In his essay, Shelley claims that poetry can preserve life’s brief moments of beauty and emotion. His poem describes how these moments fade quickly. The poem preserves the fleeting moments that he describes. The poem, therefore, models one of his ideas about poetry.