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The Isles of Greece Questions 1. How does Byron try to arouse the patriotic feelings of the Greek people? 2. What is the poets purpose of his frequent referring to the glory and fame of the ancient III. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) 3. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) 波西·比·雪莱 His life His works Ode to the West Wind A. Shelley’s Life -Born in a noble family, Shelley was gentle and kind by nature. -stout heart, could not stand any injustice - At 18 he went up to Oxford from Eton. - He was expelled from the university because of his pamphlet, The Necessity of Atheism. -Shelleys marriage with Harriet had proved short-lived and the couple agreed to separate in 1814. Therefore he left London with the novelist William Godwins gifted daughter Mary. -He was compelled to leave England in 1818 and spend the rest of his life in Italy because of a scandal made by his political enemies. -In 1822, he was drowned at the coast of Italy. B. Shelley’s Works Queen Mab (1813), 　　It was called by Marx “the Chartists‘ Bible.　(宪章主义的圣经) Prometheus Unbound (1819) －poetic drama The Cenci　(1819)《钦契》－poetic drama Song to the Men of England (1819) －powerful political lyric England in 1819　(1819)－powerful political lyric Ode to the West Wind　(1819) 《西风颂》 　　　　　　－lyric on nature and love Ode to a Skylark (1820) 《云雀颂》 －lyric on nature and love -Engels said: Shelley, the genius, the prophet, Shelley. Shelley was the first poet in Europe who sang for the working class. - a greatest theorist of poetry. A Defence of Poetry (1821)《诗辩》 - To him nature exists as an unseen Life of the Universe, and his love of nature is almost boundless. In his lyrics, nature is endowed with life, and the poet merges himself in it. C. Shelley’s Love View In his love lyrics, Shelley regards love as the noblest thing in the universe, as the thing of extreme purity and as a feeling of devotion and worship. He believes that the noblest love in the human world may lead mankind to