Which poet wrote 'She is a woman nobly planned. To warm, to comfort, and command'?

• A. John Keats
• B. Percy Bysshe Shelley
• C. William Wordsworth
• D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Answer: (B)

Recognizing a poet’s voice through a line that elevates a woman’s role helps identify the author. This line presents a woman as “nobly planned,” with a presence that goes beyond ornament to actively warm, comfort, and command. That blend of noble purpose with warmth and authority is characteristic of Shelley’s manner—he often casts virtue and influence in a grand, almost reformist light, giving personal praise a larger moral scope. The triadic cadence—“to warm, to comfort, and command”—adds a formal, uplifted rhythm that suits Shelley’s lyrical striving for ideals and social vision. By contrast, Keats tends to lean into sensuous imagery, Wordsworth toward plain, nature-centered reflection, and Coleridge toward more elaborate philosophical or supernatural motifs. So the line aligns best with Shelley’s distinctive voice.