Question What attitudes and values are apparent in Percy Bysshe Shelley's poetry and how are they expressed? Response Throughout his whole poetry collection, Percy Bysshe Shelley emphasises the power of seen and unseen nature to describe his beliefs and philosophical approaches to life, religion, love, power, oppression, narcissism, revolution, mutability, immorality and morality. ... The poet is able to come to terms with the forever changing state of the human life which mutates and differs due to varied emotions, feelings and even political revolutions. Moreover, in his early poetry,...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The unconventional subject matter of the sonnet reflects Paterson's statement in terms of the argument that the "eye of the beholder" is referring to the poet's individual perception of sonnet writing, as whilst the melancholic tone of this poem implies an inaccurate representation of what a love poem is to the reader. To the poet it is just that as it is a true representation of "real" love and real-life problems that come with it, it is not a fairytale as depicted by traditional poetry. ... In his poem "Sonnet 130" he demonstrates a clear manipulation of the idea of love, mocking t...

• Word Count: 1540
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate