Percy Bysshe Shelley is one of the most important English poets. He was born in 1792 and died in 1822 at twenty-nine. He was part of the Romantic poetry movement in England and influenced a generation of poets.
Some of his best-known poems are ‘Ozymandias‘ and ‘To a Skylark.’
‘Ozymandias’ is about the nature of power. It is an important piece that features how a great ruler like Ozymandias, and his legacy, was prone to impermanence and decay.
I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
‘To a Skylark’ by Percy Bysshe Shelley is an ode. It celebrates the beauty of nature and the bliss of a skylark’s song.
Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!
Bird thou never wert,
That from Heaven, or near it,
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), the poet to ‘A Dream of the Unknown’, born the heir to rich estates and the
The poem, ‘A Lament’, was written by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Lament means to grieve about something. It’s unclear exactly what he is
‘A Song: “Men of England”’ by Percy Bysshe Shelley is a Romantic poem that calls for the English revolution. It is set in England in 1819 when the poem itself was written.
Men of England, wherefore plough
For the lords who lay ye low?
Wherefore weave with toil and care
The rich robes your tyrants wear?
Adonais, in Greek mythology, was a beautiful young man. Aphrodite, the goddess of love, fell in love with him. He
‘England in 1819’ is a political poem. It is memorable for its piercing analysis of what was contemporary English society
Percy Bysshe Shelley conceived and composed the poem, ‘Hymn to Intellectual Beauty’ during a sailing trip around Lake Geneva with Lord
The poem, ‘Hymn to the Spirit of Nature’ by Percy Bysshe Shelley, is another lyric taken from Shelley’s poetic drama
The poem, ‘Invocation’ is one of the loveliest lyrics of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Like many other lyrics by him, this
This lyric, like several others, was written for Miss Sophia who was a good singer and who had requested Shelley
Before beginning ‘Love’s Philosophy’ is important to discuss the title. The term “philosophy” carries with it some heavy implications. The title implies
‘Mutability’ by Percy Bysshe Shelley is a description of the variable nature of our world and the fleeting lives of human beings.
‘Ode to the West Wind’ was written in Cascine Woods, outside of Florence, Italy, and published in 1820. It focuses on death’s necessary destruction and the possibilities of rebirth.
‘On the Medusa of Leonardo Da Vinci..’ by P.B. Shelley describes the beautiful and terrifying gaze of Medusa and the speaker’s perception of her life.
Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet to ‘One Word Is Too Often Profaned’, belonged to the younger generation of the Romantic poets. The
‘Stanzas Written in Dejection, near Naples’ by Percy Bysshe Shelley describes the feelings a speaker suffers from and how he attempts to sooth his pain.
‘The Cloud’ is one of the famous poems of Shelly. Shelly personifies the cloud. In other words, he gives it
‘The cold earth slept below’ by Percy Bysshe Shelley describes the state of the world on a freezing winter night and the discovery of a lover’s cold body.
The poem, ‘The Flight of Love’ by Percy Bysshe Shelley, deals with the transience of love. Though it has a
‘The Indian Serenade’ by Percy Bysshe Shelley is a dreamlike, lyrical love poem told from the perspective of a desperate lover.
‘The Poet’s Dream’ by Percy Bysshe Shelley is one of the numerous songs that occur in Prometheus Unbound and that
‘The Question’ by Percy Bysshe Shelley tells of a dream in which a speaker encounters a vast forest of pristine, blooming flowers.
The poem, ‘The Recollection’ by Shelley, is addressed to Jane Williams and is a sequel to The Invitation. In fact,
‘Time’ contains an almost cruel irony as it talks of the perilous nature of the sea and it would later
As the title of the poem, To A Lady, With A Guitar, by Shelley, itself shows that the poem is
This is a remarkable lyric by Percy Bysshe Shelley. It is full of the passion and the yearning so typical
To The Moon is a poem that Shelley has addressed to the moon. The moon shining in the sky has