Read the passage from "Mutability." By contrasting "darkness" with "radiantly," Shelley
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We are as clouds that veil the midnight moon;
How restlessly they speed, and gleam, and quiver,
Streaking the darkness radiantly!—yet soon
Night closes round, and they are lost for ever

O emphasizes that although life is fleeting, it is
exciting

O compares the spark of creativity to the enduring
night sky

O introduces the idea that people are destined to live
life in darkness

O explains that people are permanent, bright fixtures
like the heavens