When I read these two stanzas from The Mask of Anarchy, I fell in love with Percy Bysshe Shelley. It was one of those moments where what you're reading feels completely relevant to you at the time, it crawled inside me and told me I could do anything. It gave me hope when I needed it the most.
Bysshe Shelley wrote The Mask of Anarchy following the massacre at Manchester in 1819. In some ways it felt wrong to feel hope in the aftermath of such an event, but Bysshe Shelley wrote the poem to give people hope. It's the most powerful poem I've ever read. I encourage you to read it in its entirety here. It's long, but worth it.
Is there a poet or poem that resonated with you? If there is, please share it with me, I would really love to know.
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite poem has long been:
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