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How does the first stanza of "Mutability” reflect the idea expressed in this excerpt from "A Defence of Poetry”?

It demonstrates poetry’s ability to make all things “immortal” by referring to images from nature that have existed for centuries.
It demonstrates poetry’s ability to send images “forth among mankind” by explaining in detail how this is accomplished.
It demonstrates poetry’s ability to “arrest the vanishing apparitions” of life by preserving an image of a fleeting moment in time.
It demonstrates poetry’s ability to portray all things as “beautiful” by taking an unpleasant image and depicting it as a lovely one.

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Answer: C) It demonstrates poetry's ability to "arrest the vanishing apparitions" of life by preserving an image of a fleeting moment in time.

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