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Shelley’s Death

Shelley’s Death. Drowned during storm at 29 Possibly assassinated The boat, the Don Juan , showed signs of being hit by a larger vessel (enemies in British government) Body washed ashore Wife kept Shelley’s heart Shelley cremated on beach. Shelley’s Works. “ Ozymandias ”

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Shelley’s Death

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  1. Shelley’s Death • Drowned during storm at 29 • Possibly assassinated • The boat, the Don Juan, showed signs of being hit by a larger vessel (enemies in British government) • Body washed ashore • Wife kept Shelley’s heart • Shelley cremated on beach

  2. Shelley’s Works • “Ozymandias” • “Ode to the West Wind” • “The Masque of Anarchy” • “To a Skylark” • Prometheus Unbound

  3. Samuel Coleridge 1772-1834 • Born October 21, 1772 • Father was a parish vicar • Sent to London boarding school • Not allowed to return home for holidays • Attended Jesus College at University of Cambridge • Won Browne Gold Medal for ode

  4. Coleridge’s Errors • Left college to join 15th Light Dragoons • Reenrolled in college • Left without degree • Joined poet Robert Southey to build a Pantisocracy • Married Sarah Fricker • Unitarian minister

  5. Opium, Travel & Transcendentalism • Friends with William Wordsworth • Started taking opium • Granted annuity of 150 pounds to write • Traveled to Germany with Wordsworth • In Germany: Coleridge studied German and Transcendentalism

  6. Coleridge • Opium addiction • Lost friendship with Wordsworth • Lived with a apothecary for care • Died of heart failure

  7. Coleridge’s Works • First publication: Poems on Various Subjects • Published Lyrical Ballads • Most famous works • “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” • “Kubla Khan” • BiographiaLiteraria

  8. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Day after day, day after day, We stuck nor breath nor motion: As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, every where,And all the boards did shrink;Water, water, every where,Nor any drop to drink. The very deep did rot: O Christ!That ever this should be!Yea, slimy things did crawl with legsUpon the slimy sea. single click speaker to hear audio clip >>>>

  9. George Gordon, Lord Byron 1788-1824 • Parents separated before his birth • Born in London • Named George Gordon Noel Byron • Born with club foot • Moved to Aberdeen, Scotland • Inherited family title at ten

  10. Byron’s Exploits • Married Anne Isabella Milbanke • Divorced Anne • Left England forever • Befriended Percy Bysshe Shelley • Created child in affair • Seduced Italian Countess Guiccioli • Gave 4,000 pounds to refit Greek fleet

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