Percy Shelley was an English poet who lived from 1792–1822. He was contemporaries with John Keats and Lord Byron and, like them, he wrote in the Romantic mode. Shelley's philosophical beliefs, including his idealism and atheism, were deeply important to his work. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential lyric poets in the English language. "Ozymandias," along with other poems like "Ode to the West Wind," are some of his most famous works. In "Ozymandias" Shelley describes a statue of a king that once proclaimed his kingdom's greatness but is now a ruin. The poem's most famous line, "Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair," is an excellent example of irony.
Percy Shelley is also notable for having been married to Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein.
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Who is Percy Shelly?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Why is the fact that the Americans are helping the Russians important?
In the late author Tom Clancy’s first novel, The Hunt for Red October, the assistance rendered to the Russians by the United States is impor...
-
There are a plethora of rules that Jonas and the other citizens must follow. Again, page numbers will vary given the edition of the book tha...
-
The only example of simile in "The Lottery"—and a particularly weak one at that—is when Mrs. Hutchinson taps Mrs. Delacroix on the...
-
A good thesis statement presents a claim (an interpretive stance on a story that can be defended using textual evidence) and is a position w...
-
The given two points of the exponential function are (2,24) and (3,144). To determine the exponential function y=ab^x plug-in the given x an...
-
What does the hot air balloon symbolize? To the Assad son who buys the hot air balloon, it symbolizes a kind of whimsy that he can afford. B...
-
The play Duchess of Malfi is named after the character and real life historical tragic figure of Duchess of Malfi who was the regent of the ...
-
Allie’s baseball mitt is extremely important to Holden in The Catcher in the Rye. It is a symbol of Allie since it was important to his brot...
No comments:
Post a Comment