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"Ode to the West Wind" is noted in particular for its rich imagery. Which line below includes sensory details that appeal to both sight and sound?

A) O thou, / Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed / The winged seeds, where they lie cold and low . . .

B) . . . there are spread / On the blue surface of thine aery surge, / Like the bright hair uplifted from the head / Of some fierce Maenad . . .

C) . . . saw in sleep old palaces and towers / Quivering within the wave's intenser day, / All overgrown with azure moss and flowers / So sweet, the sense faints picturing them!


D)Of vapours, from whose solid atmosphere / Black rain, and fire, and hail will burst: oh hear!!

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Answer:

Wouldn't it be D?

Step-by-step explanation:

It says "sight and sound", not "sight and smell"

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The correct answer here is C.

. . . saw in sleep old palaces and towers / Quivering within the wave's intenser day, / All overgrown with azure moss and flowers / So sweet, the sense faints picturing them!

First we have the sensory details that appeal to sight as we can imagine an old castle or a palace with high towers that are overgrown with azure moss and flowers. We can image this sight but we can also "smell" it. Shelley here tells us they are so sweet that senses faint, this means it smells so good.


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