Question

write five to six sentences explainging 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

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