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Selected Poetry
Shelley's work has been criticized for its didacticism and undisciplined emotionalism. But essentially, he was a poet of ideas and in his search for truth and original human perfection, Shelley was inspired as much by the Greek poets and philosophers, particularly Plato, as by the radicalism of his own age. Above all, his great gift was his lyricism and his verse comes as ...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
September 3rd 1985
by Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Percy Bysshe Shelley, the English Romantic poet, was not as prolific as his contemporaries, i.e. John Keats and Lord Byron; nevertheless, his output of poesy seemed to have been produced when inspiration hit him the most. Each poem within this volume glows with stunning beauty and the spectrum of the emotions--love, melancholy, happiness, cheerfulness, wistfulness, &c. Many types of poems are in here, including odes, dirges, sonnets, and other forms. Shelley's words were made to read out loud...more
And that I walk thus proudly crowned withal
Is that 'tis my distinction; if I fall,
I shall not weep out of the vital day,
To-morrow dust, nor wear a dull decay.
Is that 'tis my distinction; if I fall,
I shall not weep out of the vital day,
To-morrow dust, nor wear a dull decay.
My least favourite of the Romantics, but I do value him for his use of the lyric.
Shelley is best apprciated in spring...all of his poetry is wonderfully lyrical and interesting.
I am not sure if this is the right book but I love some of his poems.
Melodrama-rama aside, it's nice.
staggeringly painful
Lauren Hills
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The Goth Kids (they need to learn to be depressed by somebody other than Simple Plan)
The Flower That Smiles Today...what a depressing and yet beautiful poem. Yeah, he was on opium when he wrote it, but does that mean I enjoy it any less?
I'll probably be reading this one for a while. It's like talking to a really eloquent crazy person.....which is a good thing.
A nice, slim introduction to Shelley and, by extension, to Romanticism. I would recommend it--Oh! to whom?
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Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets and is widely considered to be among the finest lyric poets of the English language. He is perhaps most famous for such anthology pieces as Ozymandias, Ode to the West Wind, To a Skylark, and The Masque of Anarchy. However, his major works were long visionary poems including Alastor, Adonais, The Revolt of Islam, Prometheus Unbound a...more
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