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Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Life

Percy Bysshe Shelley is one of the most popular English Romantic poets, and is regarded as a great lyrical poet in English language. He was born on 4th of August 1792 in England.

Shelly harbored highly radical social, political views setting him against the existing social norms. Therefore, he did not become popular during his lifetime.

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However, the poetry of Shelley gained better recognition following his death.

Percy Bysshe Shelley was a close friend of eminent writers and poets including: Lord Byron, who wrote “She Walks in Beauty” and “Don Juan”; Thomas Love Peacock, who wrote an essay dedicated to Shelley “Memoirs of Shelley”; Leigh Hunt, who wrote the poem “Story of Rimini”; and Mary Shelley (his wife), who was the author of Frankenstein.

In 1811, Shelley eloped with Harriet Westbrook to Edinburgh but their marriage collapsed soon and he then eloped with Mary Godwin.

They travelled to Germany, Switzerland and France. On thei