The Pursuit of Death: A Study of Shelley's Poetry

achieved Adonais aesthetic Alastor appears argument attitudes beauty becomes believe called cause close complete dark dead death deep desire despair dream effect elegy emotional eternal evil experience expression eyes fact failure faith fear feeling figure final follow give grave grief heart Heaven hope human Hymn ideal ideas imagination immortality individual intellectual intense intuition Keats later least leaves less light lines living loveliness matter meaning mind mood mortal mystery mystical nature never once pain pass passion perfect perhaps philosophy picture Platonic poem poet poetic poetry political present Prometheus Queen Mab reality realization reason romantic seems sense sensitive shadow Shelley Shelley's sorrow soul spirit stanza story struggle suffering sweet symbol theme things thou thought tion tragic triumph true truth turn ugliness universe victory vision wind written young