Love's Philosophy
The fountains mingle with the river
And the rivers with the ocean,
The winds of heaven mix for ever
With a sweet emotion;
Nothing in the world is single,
All things by a law divine
In one another's being mingle—
Why not I with thine?
See the mountains kiss high heaven,
And the waves clasp one another;
No sister-flower would be forgiven
If it disdain'd its brother;
And the sunlight clasps the earth,
And the moonbeams kiss the sea—
What is all this sweet work worth
If thou kiss not me?
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Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4, 1792 – July 8, 1822)
Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets. His literary reputation steadily grew after his death, and he greatly influenced subsequent poets such as Browing, Hardy, and Yeats. He had suffered from family crises, ill health, and a backlash against his atheism and radical political views. His second wife, Mary Shelley, was the author of "Frankenstein." He died at the age of 29 in a boating accident.
"Love's Philosophy" explanation
The poem consists of two 8-line stanzas with an ABABCDCD rhyme structure. The poet compares the connection between natural things and the relationship between him and his beloved. He expresses his desire for union of love just like unity in nature, using Personification, Metaphor, and the Rhetorical question.
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