Percy bysshe shelley

Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem is a simple yet profound plea to a young female for a kiss, for physical union. The speaker turns to nature to persuade her, where things mix and mingle naturally. Using personification, metaphor and pulsing rhythm, Shelley puts forward his dubious argument

Will the real Percy Shelley please stand up? | UVA Library

Known for his lyrical and long-form verse, Percy Bysshe Shelley was a prominent English Romantic poet and was one of the most highly regarded and influential poets of the 19th century.

Percy Bysshe Shelley love poetry

How did the infamous Lord Byron influence our image of the sexually compelling, aristocratic vampire & what did his doctor John Polidori have to do with it?

Melvyn Bragg examines the poetry, tragedy and idealism of Byron, Shelley and Keats.

I thought today, as I’d mentioned Mary Shelley (Godwin) in my Halloween blog, that I would start the stories of the sisters of the Godwin household in this weekend’s tale of scandalous women from h…

He had a scandalous reputation in his lifetime but in death became angelic.

Prometheus Unbound by Percy Bysshe Shelley c. 1820

To a Skylark: Percy Bysshe Shelley