WRITE A CRITICAL APPRECIATION OF THE POEM “ODE TO THE WEST WIND” Ans. “Ode to the West Wind” is one of the most famous poems by Shelley and it was published in the same book, which consists of his famous drama, Prometheus Unbound, and many magnificent lyric poems. He wrote this poem in the autumn of 1819 in …
WRITE A NOTE ON SHELLEY’S CONCEPTION OF A POET AND HIS FUNCTION AS REVEALED IN THE POEMS “ODE TO THE WEST WIND” AND “TO A SKYLARK”. Ans. Both “Ode to the West Wind” and “To a Skylark”, two of Shelley’s celebrated lyric poms, are marked by intensity of personal passion, delicacy of poetic sensibility and exuberance …
WHAT CONNECTIONS DOES SHELLEY MAKE BETWEEN NATURE AND ART IN HIS POEMS, AND HOW DOES HE ILLUSTRATE THOSE CONNECTIONS? Ans. Whereas older Romantic poets looked at nature as a realm of communion with pure existence and with a truth preceding human experience, the later Romantics looked at nature primarily as a realm of overwhelming beauty and aesthetic …
CONSIDER SHELLEY AS A LYRICAL POET. What lyrical qualities do you find in the poetry of Shelley? Discuss with reference to the poems you have read.Or,Evaluate the lyrical qualities of Shelley’s poetry. Ans. Percy Bysshe Shelley is one of the great Romantic poets in English literature. His poetry is marked by excellence and power in several …
CONSIDER SHELLEY AS A POET OF NATURE. Ans. Nature or love for nature is one of the dominant themes in the romantic poetry. The Romantic poets differed significantly from one another in their treatment of nature. Despite their profound love of nature, they looked at her from their own viewpoints. Like other Romantic poets, Shelley is also …
(d) Chorus Hymeneal,Or triumphal chant,Match’d with thine would be allBut an empty vaunt,A thing wherein we feel there is some hidden want. Ans. The lines have been taken from the beautiful lyric “To a Skylark” by the great Romantic poet P. B. Shelley. In these lines Shelley gives vent to his thought produced by the melodious …
(e) With thy clear keen joyanceLanguor cannot be:Shadow of annoyanceNever came near thee:Thou lovest: but ne’er knew love’s sad satiety. Ans. The lines have been taken from the beautiful lyric “To a Skylark” by the great Romantic poet P. B. Shelley. Here the poet lauds and praises the pure, unmixed, ethereal song of the bird which …
(F) WE LOOK BEFORE AND AFTER,AND PINE FOR WHAT IS NOT:OUR SINCEREST LAUGHTERWITH SOME PAIN IS FRAUGHT;OUR SWEETEST SONGS ARE THOSE THAT TELL OF SADDEST THOUGHT. Ans. The lines have been taken from the beautiful lyric “To a Skylark” by the great Romantic poet P. B. Shelley. This passage is the outcome of a distressed …
(G) TEACH ME HALF THE GLADNESSTHAT THY BRAIN MUST KNOW,SUCH HARMONIOUS MADNESSFROM MY LIPS WOULD FLOWTHE WORLD SHOULD LISTEN THEN, AS I AM LISTENING NOW. Ans. The lines have been taken from the beautiful lyric “To a Skylark” by the great Romantic poet P. B. Shelley. In these lines the poet unfolds his intense desire and …
(c)Teach us, Sprite or Bird,What sweet thoughts are thine:I have never heardPraise of love or wineThat panted forth a flood of rapture so divine. Ans. The lines have been taken from the beautiful lyric “To a Skylark” by the great Romantic poet P. B. Shelley. Here the poet gives vent to his feelings and thoughts …