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Shelley's "Hymn to Intellectual Beauty" suggests that _________________?

Correct answer: D. The source of beauty cannot be known, and that beauty can only be felt

  • A. Beauty can be understood only through metaphysics
  • B. Anything that is intellectual cannot be beautiful
  • C. Beauty is missing from the world
  • D. The source of beauty cannot be known, and that beauty can only be felt

Explanation

The poem treats intellectual beauty as a mysterious, unseen power whose source remains unknowable, though its presence can be experienced emotionally. Thus beauty is felt rather than fully explained through reason or metaphysics.

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