Percy Bysshe Shelley
1) Adonais
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Formats
Description
Adonais represents the height of artistic achievement for nineteenth-century Romantic poetry. Percy Bysshe Shelley's book-length elegy in the pastoral style mourns the loss of fellow poet John Keats in 495 remarkably accomplished lines. Shelley himself regarded Adonais as the best of his work, and the poem is a must-read for fans of the Romantic movement, or for anyone who has struggled with loss.
Publisher
Laurence King
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The wonder of birds has charmed and inspired poets down the centuries and across the globe. From Shakespeare's 'feathr'd king' to Ted Hughes 'butterfly lightness', of swifts, this is a collection to stir the soul of any nature lover. Our emotional and cultural connection to the bird world is captured in 60 of the best-loved poems, which include the work of Percy Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Longfellow and Keats. All of them accompanied by the beautiful...
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