The Inner Battle Of Atheism In Percy Shelley's Poetry

Thought his image and emotion filled work, percy shelley expresses his inner battles and thoughts to his audience through his deep poetry. Shelly had a challenging life from the start.At the age of ten,shelly olef the secutity of his home inorder to pursue diffrent aspects of his life.When this wasnt wnough for him,he deciede to enroll at eton where he was physcaly and mentaly bulied.Percy was out cased for his belifs of atheism,free love,polital radicalism and vegitarianism,becuase his family and friedns refused to except his views he was afflicted with constant depression.In the five poems that I analyzed, Percy refected his distress and depression repetativly.”Mutability”,”Song”,”To Night”,”When the Lamp is Shattered” and “Bereavement” …show more content…
and What is all this sweet work worth, If thou kiss not me?”These questions and uses of imagery and personification reflet percy’s loneliness.Therefore,this poem is yet another addition to the depressing world of Percy