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A Defense of Poetry

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

An essay by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1821) arguing that poetry is the supreme form of knowledge and that all science must be referred to poetry.

AP course connection

Topic 5.8: 5.8 Romanticism

Unit 5

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