Romantics Poetry Flashcards
Summarise Stanzas written in dejection near Naples
- Depicts a lovely day by the Italian seaside that the speaker, too despairing and alone, is too disheartened to appreciate.
- The beauty of nature only makes him feel more lonely and sad.
- Seems to feel more consoled and soothed by his surrounding from nature, natures power to put human troubles into perspective.
What is the context to Stanzas written in dejection near Naples?
- Depression
-String of personal losses e.g. death of daughter Clara - Disconnect and withdrawal from the natural world
Stanzas written in dejection near Naples
1.) A nice, hot, sunny day near the beach, the natural world being seen as happy.
2.) There is a nice smell of the Earth.
3.) Spring bringing new life, joy and happiness.
1.) “The waves are dancing fast and bright.”
2.) “Breath of the moist earth is light.”
3.) “Unexpanded buds”
Stanzas written in dejection near Naples
1.) Despite the city being flooded with people, it is silent. Shelley is saying he has no reason to feel sad and the world may be wonderful but he doesn’t feel it for himself, demonstrating the effects of depression.
2.) Appreciation of the natural world, not been tampered with or spoiled.
3.) Volta which acts as a metaphor for his life as suddenly a storm can come, showing how everything can be happy and perfect then suddenly change.
1.) “The City’s voice itself, is soft like Solitude’s”
2.) “I see the Deep’s untrampled floor”
3.) “The lightning of the noontide ocean”
Stanzas written in dejection near Naples
1.) Doesn’t think anyone else can feel how he feels
2.) Thinks back and feels sad that people would mourn for him like he will mourn for the beautiful sea
3.) People may regret knowing him OR regret hating and mistreating him, as Shelley feels nobody likes him and feels quite insecure.
1.) “Did any heart now share in my emotion”
2.) “Some might lament that I were cold”
3.) “For I am one Whom men love not,— and yet regret”
Stanzas written in dejection near Naples
1.) He will remember this day and the nature around him, using it for comfort.
“Will linger, though enjoyed, like joy in memory yet”
