What does Percy Shelley mean when he refers to poets as being the “unacknowledged legislators of the world” ?

Introduction to Literary Studies 26/06/2020

A. He is suggesting that artists serve to develop culture.
B. He is suggesting that all artists are from high social classes.
C. He is suggesting that artists are repressed throughout society.
D. He is suggesting that the making of laws is itself an art.

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