Considering that this is an excerpt from a lecture, how does the commentary provided by the speaker string the arguments together?

Discuss in small groups

‘On reading Shelley’s, A Defense of Poetry, the question insistently occurs why there is no similar A Defense of Science written by a scientist of the equal endowment.’

How does the ‘assortment of remarks’ compiled by the author give us an understanding of the ways of science and poetry?

The Cloud ‘fuses together a creative myth, a scientific monograph, and a gay picaresque tale of cloud adventure’— explain.

How do the words in bold, in the lines below, illustrate the poet’s ability to convey criticism cryptically? Our meddling intellect

Misshapes the beauteous forms of things:

We murder to dissect.