Creative works percy Bysshe shelley

Creative works percy Bysshe shelley

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Percy Bysshe Shelley is one of the most popular English Romantic poets, and is regarded as a great lyrical poet in English language. He was born on 4th of August 1792 in England. Shelly harbored highly radical social, political views setting him against the existing social norms. Therefore, he did not become popular during his lifetime. However, the poetry of Shelley gained better recognition following his death.
Percy Bysshe Shelley was a close friend of eminent writers and poets including: Lord Byron, who wrote “She Walks in Beauty” and “Don Juan”; Thomas Love Peacock, who wrote an essay dedicated to Shelley “Memoirs of Shelley”; Leigh Hunt, who wrote the poem “Story of Rimini”; and Mary Shelley (his wife), who was the author of Frankenstein.
In 1811, Shelley eloped with Harriet Westbrook to Edinburgh but their marriage collapsed soon and he then eloped with Mary Godwin. They travelled to Germany, Switzerland and France. On their return to London, Shelley wrote “Alastor” in 1816, a first poem, which brought him popularity and recognition. Later on, they went to Italy, where he wrote the sonnet “Ozymandias” and translated Plato’s “Symposium”. On July 1822, Shelly drowned in a sailing boat accident. However, many believe that his death was not accidental, instead a suicide because he was disheartened at that time.
The best known classic poems of Shelley include “Ode to the West Wind, “Ozymandias”, “Music, To a Skylark”, “The Cloud”, “The Mask of Anarchy” and “When Soft Voices Die”. There are also other major works which include visionary and long poems like “Alastor”, “Queen Mab”, “Adonais”, “The Triumph of Life”, and “The Revolt of Islam”. His visionary poetry dramas include, “Prometheus Unbound” and “The Cenci”.
Shelley contributed several essays on the topic of vegetarianism; two of the most popular works among them include “On the Vegetable System of Diet” and “A Vindication of Natural Diet”.
What happened to Percy Shelley's first child?
The loss of her son William - she called him "Willmouse" - seems to have cracked Mary's spirit for good. Allegra died too, of typhus, in a convent to which Byron farmed her out; as a woman, Claire had no rights over her own child.