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Abstract
Two of the most outstanding features of Romanticism are its rebellious nature and its aspiration to reach the ideal. The Romantic Era was a period of great change and emancipation. It is an Artistic and intellectual movement that
originated in the late 18th century that stresses strong emotions, imagination,freedom from classical correctness in art forms, and rebellion against social conventions.
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 – 1822) is known as one of the most controversial poets of his age. He is considered as one of the most important
and influential poets of the Romantic Era. His poetry caused debatable arguments during his life and afterwards. The severe shifts of mood appear
clearly in Shelley’s poems as a result of his romantic ambivalent emotions that swing between sadness, gloominess and depression on one hand, and happiness,cheerfulness, and hope on the other. Shelley’s powerful emotions which are
reflected in his poems nominate him as one of the best representatives of Romantic Era.
Shelley’s poems disclose the interwoven connection between his desire to reach the ideal and his rebellious nature. One cannot draw a firm cross line between both attitudes. Rebelling against different evil forms in society was
Shelley’s way to seek a better place to live, via an idealistic stance in life. The sensitive poet is known for his passion for various aspects of goodness like
helping the poor, supporting the offended, and objecting to all restrictions imposed by society and the church. The shift of mood between gloominess of rebellion and the cheerfulness of idealism appears clearly in his poems. Both emotions intermingle most of the time even in the same poem, and sometimes in the same stanza. Such contrasting emotions reflect the conflict within the poet.