Question

In "A Defence of Poetry," Shelley suggests that emotions experienced in life are constantly changing. Which lines from

"Mutability" can also be seen as a reflection of this idea?
O Streaking the darkness radiantly!—yet soon
Night closes round, and they are lost for ever
O We rest.-A dream has power to poison sleep;
We rise.—One wandering thought pollutes the day
We feel, conceive or reason, laugh or weep;
Embrace fond woe, or cast our cares away
Man's yesterday may ne'er be like his morrow;
Nought may endure but Mutability.

Answer 1

We feel, conceive or reason, laugh or weep; Embrace fond woe, or cast our cares away

Step-by-step explanation:

An English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote an essay "A Defence of Poetry" in 1821. This essay was first published in 1840 in letters from abroad, translations by Edward Moxon in London. In the essay, Shelley claims that "poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world" and suggests that emotions experienced in life are constantly changing.

The lines from "Mutability" that can also be seen as a reflection of this idea are as follows:

We feel, conceive or reason, laugh or weep; Embrace fond woe, or cast our cares away