Question

Percy Bysshe Shelley was an English romantic poet who wrote lyric poetry. In what ways does this excerpt from Shelley's “A Bridal Song” represent the lyric poetry of the nineteenth century?

Answer 1

A Bridal Song possesses all of the great romantic ideas found in lyrical poetry of the 19th century such as nature, darkness, suffering, mythical creatures, emotions, subjectivity, and numerous others.

Answer 2

I believe the answer is:B. The poem uses imagery and a narrative structure to express the speaker's emotions.

Here is the full poem:

The golden gates of Sleep unbar

Where Strength and Beauty, met together,

Kindle their image like a star

In a sea of glassy weather!

Night, with all thy stars look down,—

Darkness, weep thy holiest dew,—

Never smiled the inconstant moon

On a pair so true.

Imagery refers to the add of vivid and descriptive language to describe a certain event or objects.

This can be seen from this line:

Where Strength and Beauty, met together,

Kindle their image like star

The word 'star' is used to vividly describe beauty and strength because star is known to shine brightly and have a high aesthetical value for most people.