The poet of Lyrics,
P.B. Shelley belong to a aristocratic family of
P.B. Shelley was the most revolutionary of the younger
revolutionary Romantic poets. He was a visionary and idealist with a passion
reforming the world. Godwin, the great philosopher and idealist made a profound
impact on Shelley’s thought and ideology. he also came into close contact with
a number of English and European celebrities including Byron, Trelawney, Love Peacock and many more shelley set out on a
continental journey. he reached in 1822
he was
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
There are three principles of Shelley –
1.
Political ridiculous
2.
strict
vegetarian
3.
free verse
Shelley’s literary works
Some major literary works of Shelley are as follows-
Longer poems
Queen mob (1813) - This is the first poem of Shelley. It is a philosophical poem. It published in 1815. a revised edition is published in 1816 under the title “The Daemon of the World”. Shelley uses the form of a fairy tale. Queen mob is a fairy.
Alastor; The spirit of Solitude
This is Shelley’s long poem of 720 lines . it is written in 1815and published in 1816. Alastor is the title which is suggested by Thomas Love Peacock. It is a roman word. It means “evil genius” .It is Shelley’s spiritual autobiographical poem. The poet gives flow to his personal moods. He journeys in search of an ideal beauty . The poem is obscure and formless. It is known for its lyrical passage and striking Shelleyan imagery.
The Revolt of Islam
The Revolt of Islam is Shelley’s
poem in Spenserian stanza. This poem
is in 12 cantos. It is composed in 1817 and published in 1818. It is originally
published with the title “ Loan and
Cythna “ or “ The revolution of the
O Love, who to the hearts of the wondering men
Arts as the calm to ocean’s weary waves!
Rosalind and Helen
Julian and maddalo
It is a conversational poem written in 1817,and published in 1818. . it consists 617lines.it is a heroic couplet. It is in dialogue form. It represents the conversation between Julian and maddalo.The themes of this poem is “power of the man and potency of human mind . Julian is Shelley and maddalo is Byron . the power of goodness is reflects as a little child. Here are some popular lines from Julian and Maddalo.
Most wretched men
Are cradled into poetry by wrong .
They learn in suffering what they teach in
song.
Peter bell, the third
“ Peter bell, the third” is shelley’s parody of Wordsworth’s poem “Peter Bell” . it is a satirical poem . the poet shows Peter’s progress through a black , comic underworld. He declares progress in 7 section namely, ‘ Death’, ‘the devil’ ‘hell’ , ‘sin’ ,’grace’ , ‘damnation’, and double damnation . the famous line is-
Hell is the city much like London .
The sensitive plant
The witch of Atlas
It is a fanciful poem it is written in 1820and published posthumously in 1824. it contains 48ottava rima stanza. It ios about a quest for the perfect union. It is a story of a witch who lived in a cave on Atlas. Shelley dedicated this poem to Mary Shelley.
Epipsychidin
Adonais
Adonais is Shelley’s
Pastoral elegy on the death of Keats. It is written in 1821. it has 55 Spenserian
Stanza of 9 lines each. It ha s495 lines. Adonais is a wonderful threnody, bewailing the song of grief, over the death of the poet Keats. The poet presents a number of mourners. He attacks Keats’ critics. Then he presents his pantheistic philosophy.
Songs lyrics and Sonnets
To Coleridge
To Wordsworth
Hymn to Intellectual Beauty
The Cloud
To a Skylark
Love’s philosophy
Ode to
Rarely, Rarely Comest Thou
On the death of Napolean
The Dirge
A Lament
The Indian Serenade
Arial to Miranda
Ode to the West Wind
O World! O Life! O Time!
To Night
Stanza Written in Dejection Near Naoles
Lyrical plays
Prometheus Unbound
Prometheus Unbound is a four act lyrical drama by Shelley. It is published in 1820. it is concerned with the torments of the Greek mythological figure Prometheus, who defies the Gods and gives fire to Humanity. He is punished for his act. He suffers much at the hands of Zeus.
The Cenci
The Cenci , a tragedy in five acts is a verse drama by Shelley. It is written in the summer of 1819, and inspired by a real Italian Family. The Cenci is dedicated to Leigh Hunt.it is written in blank verse.
Hellas
Oedipus Tyrannus; Or Swellfoot The Tyrant
Critical prose Works
A defence of poetry
A Defence of Poetry is Shelley’s prose work. It is written in 1821 and published posthumously in 1840. it reveals Shelley’s claims that “ poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.” The essay is written in response to his friend Thomas Love Peacock’s The Four Ages of Poetry.
On the Necessity of Atheism
The necessity of Atheismis an
essay on Atheism by Shelley. It is published in 1811. he was expelled from
Conclusion
P.B. Shelley is an English Romantic Poet. Shelley’s genius mainly rests upon as a lyric poet. Swinburne truly regards him “The Perfect singing God”.
As a poet P.B. Shelley contributed a new quality to English literature – a quality of idealistA, freedom and spiritual audacity. Thus we can say that P.B. Shelley is the most famous poet of Romantic age .
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