Question

What is the theme of Epipsychidion?

• A. Religious transformation
• B. Social revolution
• C. Platonic love and ideal womanhood
• D. Nature and mortality

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Platonic love and ideal womanhood

Inspired by Emilia Viviani, Epipsychidion is a poetic celebration of idealized, non-physical (Platonic) love. Shelley projected his ideals of femininity and beauty onto Emilia.