Percy Bysshe Shelley was a famous English Romantic poet born in 1792 in Sussex, England. He was one of the second generation of Romantic poets. Shelley was educated at Eton and Oxford but was expelled from university for publishing a pamphlet questioning the existence of God. Some of Shelley's most famous works included Queen Mab, The Revolt of Islam, Adonais, an elegy for his friend John Keats, and Alastor. Shelley believed that poets were the unacknowledged legislators of the world. He tragically died young at age 29 by drowning.

1. • Name : Faiz Muhammad mari
• Roll no : 20BSENG (30)
• Subject : History of English literature
• Topic : Percy byesshe Shelley
• Assigned to : Ma’am Sania memon

2. Percy bysshe Shelley
• Romantic age

3. Biography of Percy bysshe Shelley
• Percy bysshe Shelley was born on 4 August 1792, at Field place near
Horsham,sussex England,and died on 8 July 1822 at young age 29.
• Percy bysshe Shelley was one greatest young English romantic poet , P.B
Shelley was belonged to 2nd generation poet .
• These three poets of second generation of Romanticism died young, Byron
at the age of thirsty six ,John Keats at the age of 25 and P.B Shelley at the
age of 29 .

4. • Whereas Byron was greatest interpreter of revolutionary iconoclasm, Shelley was
the revolutionary idealist ,a prophet of hope and faith. He was a visionary who
dreamed of the Golden age.
• Between Byron and Shelley there many points of similarity, both are aristocrats
,both were in revolt against all established authority,political and moral .
• Shelley was known as one of greatest lyric poet in the history of English.
• Shelley was a famous English romantic poet whose poetry reflects passion, beauty,
imagination, love, creativity, political liberty and nature.

5. Early education of Shelley
• He was educated at Eton and oxford. After a year at university he was
expelled(1811) for having published pamphlet on the “The necessity of
Atheism” Which poem consist on twelve cantos.
• In this pamphlet the Shelley questioned existence of God and the role of
Christianity . Soon afterwards he left school with Harriet Westbrook.
• Then Shelley first got married to 16 years old school girl Harriet Westbrook
and also had child . Then they later got separated.

6. Famous works of Shelley
• Queen Mob (1813) was first long peom of Shelley, which he wrote at the
age of 18. He condemns kings, Government,church and Christianity.
• And other his long poem was “The Revolt of Islam” this poem was written
in 1817 when Shelley was living at Marlow near London.
• Adonais An elegy which he wrote on the death of his friend Keats .
• Alastor (1816) was other great poem of Shelley in which he describe his
pursuit.

7. • According to PB Shelley
• “All poets are unacknowledged and legislators of the world”.

8. You have any Question
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