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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