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Percy Bysshe Shelley

Born

in Horsham, Sussex, England

August 04, 1792

Died

July 08, 1822

Genre

Poetry

Influences

Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, Mary Shelley ...more

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Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, British romantic poet, include "To a Skylark" in 1820; Prometheus Unbound , the lyric drama; and "Adonais," an elegy of 1821 to John Keats.

The Cenci , work of art or literature of Percy Bysshe Shelley of 1819, depicts Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman.

People widely consider Percy Bysshe Shelley among the finest majors of the English language. He is perhaps most famous for such anthology pieces as Ozymandias , Ode to the West Wind , and The Masque of Anarchy . His major long visionary Alastor , The Revolt of Islam , and the unfinished The Triumph of Life .

Unconventional life and uncompromising idealism of Percy Bysshe Shelley combined with his strong skeptical voice to make an authori ...more

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Percy Bysshe Shelley’s books

Average rating: 4.0 · 51,259 ratings · 3,968 reviews · 1,726 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Complete Poems 4.09 avg rating — 8,516 ratings — published 1839 — 413 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shelley's Poetry and Prose by Percy Bysshe Shelley, Donald H. Reiman (Editor), Neil Fraistat (Editor) 4.11 avg rating — 4,583 ratings — published 1977 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley, Theo Gayer-Anderson (Illustrator) 4.26 avg rating — 3,250 ratings — published 1817 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poetry by Percy Bysshe Shelley, Isabel Quigly (Introduction) 4.07 avg rating — 2,119 ratings — published 1913 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prometheus Unbound 3.74 avg rating — 2,279 ratings — published 1820 — 158 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ode to the West Wind 3.99 avg rating — 1,319 ratings — published 1820 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cenci 3.60 avg rating — 807 ratings — published 1819 — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poetry and Prose 4.14 avg rating — 542 ratings — published 1951 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adonais 4.12 avg rating — 496 ratings — published 1821 — 182 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shelley: Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series) 4.15 avg rating — 462 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Percy Bysshe Shelley,

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Preface)

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Quotes by Percy Bysshe Shelley (?)

“The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me?”
― Percy Bysshe Shelley

tags: kiss, love, nature

2562 likes

“I have drunken deep of joy,
And I will taste no other wine tonight.”
― Percy Bysshe Shelley

tags: inspirational-attitude, joy, poetry

2130 likes

“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
― Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ozymandias

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Polls

Who is your favorite poet?

Emily Dickinson

60 votes, 9.1%

Edgar Allan Poe

54 votes, 8.2%

Sylvia Plath

32 votes, 4.9%

William Shakespeare

29 votes, 4.4%

Robert Frost

25 votes, 3.8%

T. S. Eliot (write-in)

25 votes, 3.8%

William Blake (write-in)

22 votes, 3.3%

William Butler Yeats

19 votes, 2.9%

Not sure yet (write-in)

19 votes, 2.9%

Percy Bysshe Shelley

17 votes, 2.6%

Walt Whitman (write-in)

17 votes, 2.6%

Edna St. Vincent Millay

16 votes, 2.4%

Edgar Allan Poe, Shelley, Shakespeare and Jim Morrison, also Alfred Noyes

16 votes, 2.4%

Alfred Tennyson

14 votes, 2.1%

Mary Oliver (write-in)

14 votes, 2.1%

Robert frost (write-in)

13 votes, 2.0%

Robert Burns

11 votes, 1.7%

Bob Dylan

11 votes, 1.7%

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11 votes, 1.7%

Jon Keats (write-in)

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I'm not a fan of poetry

10 votes, 1.5%

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8 votes, 1.2%

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8 votes, 1.2%

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8 votes, 1.2%

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8 votes, 1.2%

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

7 votes, 1.1%

You shouldn't let poets lie to you. (write-in)

7 votes, 1.1%

I don't have one

7 votes, 1.1%

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (write-in)

6 votes, 0.9%

Andrew Hozier-Byrne (write-in)

5 votes, 0.8%

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Carl Sandburg

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Jim Morrison (write-in)

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3 votes, 0.5%

Arthur Rimbaud (write-in)

3 votes, 0.5%

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Paul Celan (write-in)

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Rabindera Nath Tagore (write-in)

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James Joyce (write-in)

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Mahmoud Darwish (write-in)

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Clement Clarke Moore

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Robert Louis Stevenson

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Stephen Vincent Benét

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2 votes, 0.3%

Hugo Claus (write-in)

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Theodor Geisel (write-in)

2 votes, 0.3%

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (write-in)

2 votes, 0.3%

San Juan de la Cruz (write-in)

2 votes, 0.3%

John Keats and Giacomo Leopardi (write-in)

2 votes, 0.3%

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Alfred Noyes

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1 vote, 0.2%

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Robert Service (write-in)

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Herman Hesse (write-in)

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Rachel Rooney (write-in)

1 vote, 0.2%

Marin Sorescu (write-in)

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Carol Ann Duffy (write-in)

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Dylan Thomas (write-in)

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