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England in 1819. By Percy Bysshe Shelley. An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying King; Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow. Through public scorn,—mud from a muddy spring; Rulers who neither see nor feel nor know, But leechlike to their fainting country cling. Till they drop, blind in blood, without a blow.
"England in 1819" is a political sonnet by the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley which reflects his liberal ideals.
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
- 1819
Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley's "England in 1819" is an expression of political anger and hope. First sent as an untitled addition to a private letter, the sonnet vents Shelley's outrage at the crises plaguing his home country during one of the most chaotic years of its history.
Shelley begins ‘England in 1819’ with several lines attacking a ‘King’ and ‘Princes’. In 1819, the ‘dying King’ was George III, who was in his early eighties and had been on the British throne for nearly sixty years (he would die the year later, in 1820).
Shelley’s ‘England in 1819’ critiques the era’s corruption, envisioning change from the decay of a “mad, blind” king’s rule. Read Poem. PDF Guide.
- Female
- October 9, 1995
- Poetry Analyst And Editor
2 giorni fa · Appunto di Letteratura inglese sul esto e analisi tecnica e linguistica della poesia di Percy Bysshe Shelley, con invididuazione di rime e riferimenti.
Summary and Analysis Sonnet: England in 1819. The king is dying, old, blind, insane, and despised. His sons are objects of public scorn. His ministers run the country for their own selfish interests. The people are hungry and oppressed. The army is used to destroy liberty and to collect booty.
