Adonais by Percy Bysshe Shelley
"Adonais" by Percy Bysshe Shelley is a pastoral elegy written in 1821 for the poet John Keats. Composed in 55 Spenserian stanzas immediately after Shelley learned of Keats's death, the poem follows the English tradition of Milton's "Lycidas." It begins with mourning and despair as Urania and fellow poets lament the loss. But the elegy transforms into a meditation on death and eternity, ultimately celebrating Keats as part of an eternal Spirit
beyond earthly pain, where he joins other immortal poets among the stars. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 |
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| Editor | Rossetti, William Michael, 1829-1919 |
| Title | Adonais |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adonais |
| Contents | Memoir of Shelley -- Memoir of Keats -- Adonais: its composition and bibliography -- Adonais: its argument -- Adonais: general exposition -- Bion and Moschus -- Adonais: an elegy on the death of John Keats -- Adonais -- Cancelled passages of Adonais, and of its preface. |
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| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 66.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Keats, John, 1795-1821 -- Poetry |
| Subject | Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 -- Criticism and interpretation |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 10119 |
| Release Date | Nov 1, 2003 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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