English Romantic Poetry

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_______________?

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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

The final line of “We Are Seven” is: “And said, ‘Nay’ we are seven.” This line suggests that________________?

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The final line of “We Are Seven” is: “And said, ‘Nay’ we are seven.” This line suggests that________________?

A. The little girl refuses to cast the dead out of her life.
B. The little girl is insane or delusional
C. The little girl’s siblings have not died
D. The little girl herself is dead