Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Poems By PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
OzymandiasPoet Categorization
POET’S REGION England
SCHOOL / PERIOD Romantic
LIFE SPAN 1792–1822
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Biography
Born into a wealthy family in Sussex, England, Percy Bysshe Shelley was expelled from Oxford for writing The Necessity of Atheism. His radical lifestyle at times detracted from the appreciation of his work. He called poets “the unacknowledged legislators of the world.” In Shelley’s short life — he drowned while sailing at age 29 — he produced gorgeous lyrical poetry quintessential of the Romantic Era. He is perhaps best . . .
