Short and Sweet: A short and sweet by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Saturday, July 28, 2007

A short and sweet by Percy Bysshe Shelley

While my bored and tired mind re-boots, here is a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley as fresh as morning dew. What an interesting structure this has! Every third line—with its non-euphonious rhyme choice and short and jarring finality—forces you to follow Shelly's emphases. Dear Jane The keen stars were... Sign in to see full entry.

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