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Poetic device used in the poem lines to an indian air |
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Answer» This lyric, like several others, was written for Miss Sophia who was a good singer and who had requested Shelley to compose a few songs to fit CERTAIN TUNES that she liked. This poem has all the qualities of a popular lyric and is, for that reason, a favorite with readers, especially the young people. It is certainly a musical poem, but apart from that, “it is MECHANICAL in metre and sentimental in tone”. It is, on the whole, a trifling poem and may be REGARDED as a billet-doux (love-letter) which Sophia Stacey MUST have been delighted to receive. |
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