Saturday, April 4, 2015

How far has Shelley followed the conventions of the pastoral elegy in "Adonais"?plz answer in detail

Like most romantics working in tradtional poetic forms,
Shelley reaches outside the usual conventions in some areas.  First, the range of
emotions is expanded; Shelley uses ejaculations and intense imagery to reveal his
passions, whereas poets within the neo-classical tradition maintained an even, sombre
tone, as Thomas Gray does in Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.  Second, Shelley
works in his own agenda, touching on personal and political issues that have little to
do with Keats, the subject of his mourning.  Nevertheless, Shelley uses a tight stanzaic
form, evokes classical figures, touches on universal themes such as love and death,
personifies inanimate elements, and sustains lofty diction
throughout.

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