(b) Like a Poet hiddenIn the light of thought,Singing hymns unbidden,Till the world is wroughtTo sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not: Ans: The lines have been taken from the beautiful lyric “To a Skylark by the great Romantic poet P. B. Shelley. Here the poet touches upon the importance and the power of an …
(a) What thou art we know not;What is most like thee?From rainbow clouds there flow notDrops so bright to seeAs from thy presence showers a rain of melody. Ans. The lines have been taken from the beautiful lyric “To a Skylark” by the great Romantic poet P. B. Shelley. With the help of a beautiful simile, …
SHORT QUESTION WITH ANSWER * What is the theme/ central idea of the poem “To a Skylark” by Percy Bysshe Shelley? Ans. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s celebrated poem “To a Skylark” is abut a skylark, a miniscule bird that is famous for its song. In the poem, Shelley idealizes the bird and presents it as a unique …
SHORT QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS ODE TO THE WEST WIND Please justify the title of the poem “Ode to the West Wind”.Ans. Shelley’s celebrated poem “Ode to the West Wind” is a wonderful piece of romantic poetry. The title of the poem is fully justified because the poem is an impassioned address to the autumnal west wind. The whole poem …
INTRODUCTION AND CRITICAL SUMMARY ( TO A SKYLARK) Introduction: To A Skylark, perhaps the most famous of Shelley’s poems, was written in July 1820 and published with Prometheus Unbound in the same year. At the time of its composition the Shelley’s were staying in the Gisbornes house who were on a visit to England. Mrs. Shelley’s note is worth quoting here! “In the …
CRITICAL SUMMARY OF THOUGHT ODE TO THE WEST WIND Introduction. The poem was written in the autumn of 1819 in the beautiful Cascine Gardens outside Florence, and was published with Prometheus Unbound in 1920. Shelley’s own note on the composition of the poem is important and must be quoted: “This poem was conceived and chiefly written in a …
Shelley’s Character and its Bearing on His Art. Here we are giving the views of Prof. Clutton-Brock and Prof. Elton. Shelley’s poetry is the expression of the man himself, springing from the heart rather than from the brain, and we must understand the man to understand his poetry. “In his poetry,” remarks Clutton Brock “his character interests us as much as …
Shelley’s Conception of Poetry. Shelley has explained his lofty view of poetry in a prose-essay, A Defence of Poetry. Poetry was to him what religion is to most people—an idealization of life. According to Shelley “a poem is the very image of life expressed in eternal truth/” He defines poetry as “the expression of the imagination” as contradistinguished …
SALIENT FEATURES OF SHELLEY’S POEMS: What Shelleyan features do you come across while reading the poems by Shelley prescribed in your text? Ans. Lyricism. Our reading of Shelley’s poems makes it clear to us why the poet is considered one of the greatest lyrical geniuses in English poetry. Shelley’s poems are marked by intensity of feeling and a …
SHELLEY’S OPTIMISM George M. Ridenour observer: “Shelley’s optimism is based on chances for extracting benefit from an order of things not obviously concerned with man. As he himself observers at the beginning of his ‘proposals for an Association of Philantropists’ Man cannot make occasions, but he may seize those that offer.” This is classical, as Shelley knew. …