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In 1822 the adventurer Edward John Trelawny arranged the cremation of this Romantic poet after he drowned in Italy |
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FACTS ABOUT POETS |
2026-03-09 |
#9516 |
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"On the pedestal, these words appear:My name is Ozymandias, king of kings; look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!" |
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$1,000 |
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IN THE WORDS OF THE POET |
2025-05-30 |
#9345 |
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"Queen Mab" was so fab / Was the groom of Frankenstein / Not waving, drowning |
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$400 |
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HAIKU ABOUT THE POET |
2023-11-06 |
#8966 |
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In 1816 he wrote "Mont Blanc" / & there'd be other gems / But you try rhyming "Ozymandias" / Do I look like Eminem?! |
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POEMS ABOUT POETRY |
2023-09-29 |
#8940 |
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An unabashed romantic; "Unbound" effort; drowning, his sorrows |
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WHO'S THAT POET? |
2023-07-17 |
#8916 |
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"The soul of Adonais, like a star, beacons from the abode where the eternal are" |
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$2,000 |
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THE MAN, THE POETRY |
2020-09-22 |
#8242 |
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"Oh weep for Adonais--he is dead! Wake, melancholy mother, wake and weep!" |
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THE POET WRITES |
2017-03-02 |
#7479 |
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"Queen Mab" was so fab /Was the groom of Frankenstein /Not waving, drowning |
Percy Shelley
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$400 |
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HAIKU ABOUT THE POET |
2015-09-25 |
#7135 |
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This romantic poet was really not clairvoyant / In 1822 / He put "Hellas" into view / But we wish he was more buoyant |
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POEMS ON POETS |
2011-10-24 |
#6231 |
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"Of stormy mist; so swept her on her way even to the mournful place where Adonais lay" |
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POETRY IN MOTION |
2009-01-16 |
#5610 |
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The parentage of his daughter Elena is still a mystery; she was born in 1818, but not to his wife Mary |
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$200 |
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POETIC LICENSE |
2007-11-12 |
#5331 |
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"Who mourns for Adonais? Oh, come forth, fond wretch!" |
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$1,000 |
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NAME THAT POET |
2007-04-11 |
#5208 |
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He wondered, "If winter comes, can spring be far behind?" |
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POETS & POETRY |
2006-07-04 |
#5037 |
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While he lived near Pisa, this English poet wrote "Ode to the West Wind" & "To a Skylark" |
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$800 |
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POETS & POETRY |
2006-04-20 |
#4984 |
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In 1812 he became a disciple & friend of social philosopher William Godwin, later his father-in-law |
Percy Shelley
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BRITISH POETS |
2005-11-17 |
#4874 |
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For writing the pamphlet "The Necessity of Atheism", this "Ode to the West Wind" poet was expelled from Oxford |
Shelley
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$600 |
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POETS & POETRY |
2002-11-21 |
#4194 |
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Hell, yes |
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SCRAMBLED ROMANTIC POETS |
1999-09-13 |
#3451 |
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His poem "The Pine Forest of the Cascine Near Pisa" was published by his wife Mary after his death |
Percy Shelley
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$800 |
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EGAD! MORE POET-TREE! |
1999-07-09 |
#3435 |
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His first wife, Harriet, was pregnant when he ran off with teenager Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin |
Percy Shelley
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$1,000 |
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POETIC LICENSE |
1998-10-26 |
#3251 |
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"I met a traveler from an antique land who said: Two vast & trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert" |
Percy Shelley
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POETRY |
1998-10-14 |
#3243 |
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In 1811 this poet was expelled from Oxford for writing the pamphlet "The Necessity of Atheism" |
Percy Shelley
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$600 |
DJ |
POETS & POETRY |
1998-01-20 |
#3087 |
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He called his "Prometheus Unbound" "a lyrical drama" |
Shelley
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$600 |
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POETRY |
1995-09-29 |
#2545 |
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In 1814 he abandoned his wife, Harriet Westbrook, & ran off with 16-year-old Mary Godwin |
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$800 |
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POETS & POETRY |
1995-07-03 |
#2511 |
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After his death, this poet's ashes were interred near the grave of John Keats |
Shelley
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$800 |
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POETS |
1995-05-31 |
#2488 |
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On July 8, 1822 he drowned while sailing off Livorno, Italy; his body was cremated on the beach |
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POETRY |
1993-06-11 |
#2035 |
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On the death of John Keats in 1821, this poet wrote "Adonais" |
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POETS & POETRY |
1992-12-30 |
#1918 |
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In "Ode to the West Wind", he asked, "If winter comes, can spring be far behind?" |
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POETRY |
1991-01-28 |
#1481 |
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This author of "Prometheus Unbound" suggested to his wife that she write "Frankenstein" |
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$800 |
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POETRY |
1986-02-04 |
#367 |