“A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others.”

Presenting imagination as the foundation of moral sympathy. · Essay, A Defence of Poetry

• Empathy
• Goodness
• Imagination

“The rich have become richer, and the poor have become poorer.”

A concise expression of Shelley's concern with widening economic inequality. · Essay, A Defence of Poetry

• Equality
• Poverty
• Wealth

“The language of poets is vitally metaphorical; that is, it marks the before unapprehended relations of things and perpetuates their apprehension.”

Describing metaphor as a means of discovering relationships that ordinary language overlooks. · Essay, A Defence of Poetry

• Language
• Metaphor
• Poetry