Tag Archives: lyric poetry

Poem of the Week - Shakespeare's Sonnet 18

October 20th, 2007 | Posted in William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 is perhaps the best known and most well-loved of all his 154 sonnets; it may be the most famous lyric poem in English. It is addressed to a young man of great beauty and promise, and the speaker urges the young man to marry and perpetuate his virtues through children, and warns [...]

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Poem of the Week - Asia: From Prometheus Unbound

June 11th, 2007 | Posted in Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Poetry

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets and is widely considered to be among the finest lyric poets of the English language. His major works were long visionary poems including Alastor, Adonais, The Revolt of Islam, Prometheus Unbound and the unfinished The Triumph of Life. Shelley's unconventional life and uncompromising [...]

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