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Percy Bysshe Shelley


Born
in Horsham, Sussex, England
August 04, 1792

Died
July 08, 1822

Genre

Influences


Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, British romantic poet, include "To a Skylark" in 1820; Prometheus Unbound , the lyric drama; and "Adonais," an elegy of 1821 to John Keats.

The Cenci , work of art or literature of Percy Bysshe Shelley of 1819, depicts Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman.

People widely consider Percy Bysshe Shelley among the finest majors of the English language. He is perhaps most famous for such anthology pieces as Ozymandias , Ode to the West Wind , and The Masque of Anarchy . His major long visionary Alastor , The Revolt of Islam , and the unfinished The Triumph of Life .

Unconventional life and uncompromising idealism of Percy Bysshe Shelley combined with his strong skeptical voice to make an authori
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Average rating: 4.0 · 47,146 ratings · 3,416 reviews · 1,572 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Complete Poems

4.09 avg rating — 8,422 ratings — published 1839 — 409 editions
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Shelley's Poetry and Prose

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4.10 avg rating — 4,559 ratings — published 1977 — 21 editions
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Ozymandias

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4.27 avg rating — 2,800 ratings — published 1817 — 10 editions
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Selected Poetry

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4.07 avg rating — 2,097 ratings — published 1913 — 23 editions
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Prometheus Unbound

3.76 avg rating — 2,152 ratings — published 1820 — 160 editions
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Ode to the West Wind

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,218 ratings — published 1820 — 5 editions
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The Cenci

3.61 avg rating — 733 ratings — published 1819 — 97 editions
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Selected Poetry and Prose

4.14 avg rating — 537 ratings — published 1951 — 27 editions
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Shelley: Poems (Everyman's ...

4.16 avg rating — 451 ratings3 editions
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Adonais

4.11 avg rating — 455 ratings — published 1821 — 182 editions
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“The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me?”
Percy Bysshe Shelley

“I have drunken deep of joy,
And I will taste no other wine tonight.”
Percy Bysshe Shelley

“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ozymandias

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Sylvia Plath
 
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