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How did Shelly die?

ADrowned

BHeart attack

CNatural causes

DFever

Answer:

A. Drowned

Read Explanation:

  • Shelley is an English poet

  • He is considered one of the major English Romantic poets.

  • On 8th July 1822, he was drowned when his boat was caught in a storm.

  • Shelly was born in Sussex, England and was the son of rich landowner.

First stanza of the poem "To a Skylark" is given below.

Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!

Bird thou never wert,

That from Heaven, or near it,

Pourest thy full heart

In profuse strains of unpremeditated

  • Here the poet addresses the bird as a "blithe spirit" and imagined that is not a fleshy creature, but a spirit, pure and simple.


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