LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ENGLISH ROMANTIC POETRY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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No sense of reality
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A desire to make the world into a better place
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A dark and twisted outlook on the world
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A strong dislike of women
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to Shelley poetry’s main focus is to reveal the exquisiteness of the world that is deceptively concealed in our busy world of ambiguity and darkness. Later he stresses the main crux of his essay which is “poetry acts in a diviner manner”.
Detailed explanation-2: -As Shelley explains in his essay A Defence of Poetry, he believes that poetry expands and nurtures the imagination, and that the imagination enables sympathy, and that sympathy, or an understanding of another human being’s situation, is the basis of moral behavior.
Detailed explanation-3: -During Shelley’s life, he composed many impressive works of poetry that were characterized by the freedom of thought, human emotion, individualism, reflection on the past, thoughts on humanity and dynamic power of nature.