Question

Poetic device used in the poem lines to an indian air

Answer 1

This lyric, like several others, was written for Miss Sophia who was a good singer and who had requested Shelley to compose a few songs to fit certain tunes that she liked. This poem has all the qualities of a popular lyric and is, for that reason, a favorite with readers, especially the young people. It is certainly a musical poem, but apart from that, “it is mechanical in metre and sentimental in tone”. It is, on the whole, a trifling poem and may be regarded as a billet-doux (love-letter) which Sophia Stacey must have been delighted to receive.