Mutability. Percy Bysshe Shelley and the Insignificance of Humanity

A close Analysis


Essay, 2014

6 Pages, Grade: 65.0


Abstract or Introduction

‘Mutability’ employs traditional conventions of the Lyric poem as it is “brief and discontinuous, emphasising sound and pictorial imagery rather than narrative”, in order to present the concept of life as ephemeral. Shelley is a poet shaped by the sense “that there are narrow limits to what human beings can know with certainty.” ‘Mutability’ reflects this notion as Shelley undermines human importance within a world in which nothing is constant. In his ‘A Defence of Poetry’ he argues that for man to be “greatly good…the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own” and therefore this essay shall consider the way Shelley uses ‘Mutability’ in order to educate readers on humanities fleeting and irrelevant nature.

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Title
Mutability. Percy Bysshe Shelley and the Insignificance of Humanity
Subtitle
A close Analysis
College
University of Sheffield
Course
English Literature
Grade
65.0
Author
Year
2014
Pages
6
Catalog Number
V286931
ISBN (eBook)
9783656873082
ISBN (Book)
9783656873099
File size
402 KB
Language
English
Keywords
Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mutability, Humanity, Insignificance
Quote paper
Laura Marsden (Author), 2014, Mutability. Percy Bysshe Shelley and the Insignificance of Humanity, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/286931

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