The works of Percy Bysshe Shelley
First of all I would like to ask for the correct pronounciation of "Bysshe". Thanks for your help.
Second, I would like to ask if there is anyone out there who would discuss Shelley's work with me. I'm not really sure I got what he is writing about since the language seems a bit strange to me. However, he wasn't quite "alright" concerning his brains and mind, was he?
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Greetings.
need help on shelley's poem : the question
Actually i'm working on shelley's poem: the question
i've got many dicculties to understand the meaning of this poem, so i would like to know what paradox is concerns its title in relation to the rest of the text (the effects)? what kind of relationship between man and nature is thus established? what elements (concret) occupy most of the natural scene surrounding the poet? why does the poet call "the visionary flowers" of line 33 "children of the hours"? what does he try to bind and imprison them for? what do they metaphorically stand for? what parallels are drawn between dreams and a spring day? :confused:
Need help on Shelley's poem:When the lamp is shattered
Need help on Shelley's poem:When the lamp is shattered
I'm trying to translate this poem into Chinese.But the lanuage in this poem seems a bit strange to me. Please give me your opinion to help me better understand it. Thanks!
When the lips have spoken,
Loved accents are soon forgot.
Q:"When the lips have spoken" sounds quite strange to me. Is it a common way to say in English? What does it mean then?
When hearts have once mingled
Love first leaves the well-built nest;
Q:How do you think about this sentence? Does it mean that "love" lives in a nest and she will leave the nest to follow the hearts once they are mingled?
The weak one is singled
To endure what it once possessed.
Q:What is "one" here refer to? the heart?
O Love! who bewailest
The frailty of all things here,
Why choose you the frailest
For your cradle, your home, and your bier?
Q: I can't find "bewailest" in dictionary. bewail - bewailest, is that the transformation used by the poet?
What is "you" here refer to? the love?
What is "the frailest" here refer to? the heart?
Its passions will rock thee,
As the storms rock the ravens on high;
Q: Does here the "Its" refer to the heart also? and "thee" here refer to love?
Bright reason will mock thee,
Like the sun from a wintry sky.
Q:How to interpret "bright reason" here? What parallels are drawn between "thee" and "the sun from a wintry sky"?
From thy nest every rafter
Will rot, and thine eagle home
Leave thee naked to laughter
Q: How to interprete the "eagle home" here?
And if you know the background of this poem, pls. share with me. I guess that the poet is sighing for the frailty of love in this poem. What is your thought about it?
Looking forward to hearing from you! Thanks~~
song to the men of england
I'm working on an assignment which requires that I gather several different opinions on the poem "Song ToThe Men of England" Can anyone help me? THANKS!
The Cloud- Percy Bysshe Shelly
First, welcome hemial. I hope you like Lit Net. Second, I think, although I can't say with a 100% certainty, it's pronounced, "bish." To my knowledge there was never any question to his sanity or normalcy of his brain. No, he was right in the mind. What makes you say he wasn't? Except for "Ode to the West Wind," which I read every fall ("If winter comes, can spring be far behind?"), I haven't read Shelley much lately. But I have read him in the past, and if there is a specific poem you would like to discuss, I'll be glad to offer my opinions.[/QUOTE]
PLEASE COULD ME HELP WITH THE POEM THE CLOUD BY PERCY BYSSHE SHELLY
i have this English project for my school paper and i need information on this poems background, also if possible a summary on it as well.
it would be great if you could reply as soon as possible
thank you