A. The passion between a husband and wife
B. The loss of innocence
C. The horrors of the French Revolution
D. How poets can bring about political revolution
Related Mcqs:
- In “Ode to the West Wind,” why does Shelley ask the wind to “make me thy lyre” ?
A. To help drive his ideas across the universe
B. To help him reach the afterlife
C. To help him hear nature’s music
D. To help him start a new revolutionary war - Which stanza form did Shelley use in his famous poem ‘Ode to the West Wind’ ?
A. Rime royal
B. Ottava rima
C. Terza rima
D. Spenserian Stanza - Percy Shelley can be understood as a poet with _________________?
A. No sense of reality
B. A desire to make the world into a better place
C. A dark and twisted outlook on the world
D. A strong dislike of women - Shelley’s “Ode to Psyche” is narrated by __________________?
A. Psyche
B. Cupid
C. The author of the poem
D. Shelley’s childhood self - Dr. Samuel Gladden, in his essay “Shelley’s Agenda Writ Large: Reconsidering Oedipus Tyrannus; or, Swellfoot the Tyrant ,” argues that Shelley’s “Oedipus- Tyrannus” is important because a_______________?
A. Shelley himself dismissed the poem
B. The poem was incomplete
C. Shelley recognizes the power of sexual transgression in it
D. Shelley writes about Byron’s sexuality in it - Paul O’Brien’s essay on Shelley suggests that Shelley was______________?
A. Not an atheist
B. In love with Lord Byron
C. Suicidal
D. Fiercely anti-war - Shelley’s poem “Mont Blanc” can be best said to depict an encounter with _____________?
A. The sublime
B. Death
C. Childhood
D. A lost lover - The poem “London” can be best understood as ______________?
A. A celebration of the city’s beauty
B. A protest against social inequality
C. An examination of the city’s past
D. An attack on William Wordsworth - ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ Who is the poet of the poem ?
A. Wordsworth
B. Shelley
C. Shakespeare
D. Keats - Percy Shelley’s poem “Mont Blanc” presents nature as ________________?
A. A powerful, sublime force
B. A peaceful force
C. Depressing and miserable
D. Controlled by gods
