Shelley’s Style and Diction. Shelley’s poetry varies considerably in style. He was a more accomplished ‘man of letters’ than the other romantic poets; he could vary his manner successfully to suit the tone of his work, as in The Cenci, his stage play, or in familiar or humorous poems such as Julian and Maddalo and Peter Bell the Third. His style is … Continue reading Shelley’s Style and Diction.