Shelley
The Romantic Period, which lasted about 45 years, gave birth to a new genre of literature, political thought, and it began a new era of history. Many authors contributed to the new ideals that characterize The Romantic Period. One author in particular was Percy Shelley who had written during The Romantic Period. The romantic ideals and characteristics can be found in the writings of Shelley. One of the ideologies of The Romantic Period was the creativity of the imagination, and Shelley's writings are littered with examples of this ideology. One example of this is in Shelley's poem "To Sidmouth and Castlereagh", in this poem Shelley refers to these men as "Two vipers tangled into one" (20). Through this description Shelley indicates what he thinks of these two men by attributing non-human characteristics to them, and thus gives an example of the use of Shelley's imagination. Another example of Shelley giving humans non-human characteristics is in the poem "Ode to the West Wind" in which Shelley gives himself these characteristics as "What if my leaves are falling like its own!" (58) Also in the poem "The flower that smiles today", Shelley gives a flower positive human characteristic, "
Therefore it can apparently seen that the poet proved to be an important piece not only to the writings of Shelley but also to The Romantic Period and its ideologies. " (140-141) In these lines Shelley shows that the poet is able to travel to distant lands and visit distant civilizations, and go farther than the common people of The Romantic Period could go. Throughout Shelley's works he uses the supernatural to explain his ideas and tries to entice the readers with the addition of supernatural characters. The mention of gods, death, or characters of myth are present throughout Shelley's works. In the poem "Hellas", Shelley makes several references to myths and supernatural beings of ancient Greece. An example of the supernatural in Shelley's poems is in the poem "Alastor", in which Shelley makes reference to a "colossal Skeleton" (611), as the angel of death. " (61-63) This description by Shelley aims to glorify the poet among people and to show the importance the poet had on all of the people. In this sample of writing the mood is very sad and sullen and so Shelley makes a reference to death as being metaphorically attached to sleep "Till Death like Sleep might steal on me" (33) and thus there is a connection between normal human characteristics and the supernatural. Shelley points out the importance of the poets in the poem "Alastor" where Shelley writes, "There was a Poet whose untimely tomb No human hands with pious reverence reared. Further evidence of the supernatural in Shelley's poetry is in the poem "Ode to the West Wind" in which Shelley describes, "O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being. . " (1) Even in the poem "O World, O Life, O Time", Shelley imagines that he must deal with the challenges that each brings to him, "O World, O Life, O Time, On whose last steps I climb. " (618-619) applying that ruin or destruction is one in the same as death. " (1-2) It can be seen that Shelley's imagination provided him with a strong basis for his writings. Subsequently it can be seen that The Romantic ideologies are present in the writings of Shelley and his contemporaries.
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