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easily a favourite poet of mine, who i will read with fondness each time … i adored his writing, it is all so beautifully written and i had read a review that i can’t find anymore that reading his poetry is like being gently kissed and it has not left my mind! whereas i find byrons poetry is sharp and straight to the point, shelley’s poetry feels languid and gentle … not to mention his political poetry! incredible! queen mab being the first poem in this collection really spiralled my obsession w...
I borrowed this book from my boyfriend one time, and I honestly enjoyed most of the poetry in this book. Whenever I thought about the name Shelley, I thought about first my mom (that’s her first name) and Mary Shelley. Now, I can add Percy Shelley as the next Shelley I think about. I like the introduction, which talked about the social and political contexts of his time that made his poems, like Masks of Anarchy, so radical. My favorite poem of his from the collection is Love’s Philosophy. It be...
An interesting little snap shot in time from one of the first well known progressive thinkers.
I just don't like Shelley. Where Keats seems subtle, Shelley seems didactic. Where Coleridge seems erudite, Shelley seems merely self-serious. His poetry really gets under my skin, especially his longer, allegorical works like Masque of Anarchy. I'm sure he was a genius, but I sometimes wonder how much of his appeal is a result of juicy biography and fortunate association.
Why is Shelley a real poet?Because he would sing, speak, shout, invent and connect his sentences with the ionosphere, even if there was no one to hear them. Because poetry flowed through his veins, he did not create because it is in vogue. Because he was looking for passionate love and social justice, stringing together songs that are among the best written in English language. Because, being sensitive and imaginative, he believed in human happiness. Because his skill in combining words is in pe...
I must say I did enjoy a few of Shelley’s poems. I really loved “Mutability” on page 56, but there were not too many others I had an interest in dog earring. I enjoy poetry, but not enough to read all of Shelley’s poems. I got to page 120 and I do not think I will pick it up again.
Can man be free if women be a slave?-Laon and Cythna, 1817Percy is my favourite poet. It is hard for me to consider how to write this review without gushing all over his work, but I'll try. What fascinated me the most was how modern Percy's arguments seem. He was a vegetarian, believing in that humans, plants, and animals are equal. He had come to this conclusion after reading Hindu scriptures. He believed man must go back to nature, not in a 'naturalist' sort of way, but for our health, sanity,...
I would have preferred more context. Flipping to the back of the book for the notes every few lines is annoying, it would be nicer to have short introductions before each piece and footnotes or even parallel text to explain the 19th Century political references. Although it is maybe cool to have Shelley's ridiculous biography a bit in the background for once.Of the poems, I guess I like the earlier stuff more, although really it's all early considering homeboy died just before he turned 30. Is i...
