Shelleyn runoja by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"Shelleyn runoja by Percy Bysshe Shelley" is a collection of lyric poetry from the Romantic era, composed in the early 19th century. It is a poetry collection that explores nature, beauty, love, political idealism, and the transience of life. The poems range from invocations and odes to elegies and brief fragments. The opening of Alastor invokes the natural world as muse; Hymn to Intellectual Beauty contemplates an elusive, sanctifying spirit; and pieces
like Mennyt and Katoovaisuus meditate on impermanence. Stanzas Written in Dejection near Naples blends seascape with personal desolation; Invocation to Misery addresses suffering as a stark companion. Ode to the West Wind pleads with the destroyer-preserver for renewal, while Indian Serenade and To a Skylark offer tender and radiant love and song. Liberty voices revolutionary hope; Song of Proserpine and The World's Wanderers use myth and celestial images to frame exile and longing. The long poem Mimosa tells, through a garden’s flourishing and decay after its guardian’s death, an allegory of beauty’s rise and ruin. Later pieces—To Night, Time, and the closing Dirge—return to night, time, and grief, weaving a consistent pattern of wind, sea, stars, and seasons to balance despair with visionary hope. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Tuomikoski, Jaakko, 1885-1971 |
| Title | Shelleyn runoja |
| Original Publication | Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Kirja, 1929. |
| Credits | Tuula Temonen |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 43.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | English poetry -- Translations into Finnish |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 76161 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-76161-9 |
| Release Date | May 25, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 290 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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