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POSTSCRIPT IN SECOND EDITION OF 1839..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Ten questions on craft, meaning, and form. Untimed. Answer every question to submit.

Q01of 10

Who is the actual speaker/narrator of this postscript?

Q02of 10

Which poem does Mary Shelley remove from the collection, and why?

Q03of 10

What two longer poems are newly added to this edition?

Q04of 10

How does Mary Shelley characterize 'Swellfoot the Tyrant' and 'Peter Bell the Third' relative to Shelley's usual work?

Q05of 10

What tension or paradox does Mary Shelley identify in the two satirical poems?

Q06of 10

What does the phrase 'the searching eye, dimmed by its own earnestness' most likely suggest about the editorial process?

Q07of 10

What action does Mary Shelley take regarding 'Queen Mab' at the publisher's level?

Q08of 10

What is the dominant tone of this postscript?

Q09of 10

When Mary Shelley writes she does not foresee she 'can hereafter add to or take away a word or line,' she is primarily conveying:

Q10of 10

The imagery of light—'what escapes the searching eye' and 'the radiance of the poet's imagination'—functions in this postscript primarily to:

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