The 'Satanic School' of poetry was a derogatory label given by Robert Southey to Byron and which other poet?
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Correct answer: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Southey coined the term to describe the 'rebellion' and 'immorality' he perceived in the works of Byron and Shelley. Byron found the label amusing and used it to fuel his subsequent satires of Southey.
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