ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Adonais, pastoral elegy by Percy Bysshe Shelley, written and published in 1821 to commemorate the death of his friend and fellow poet John Keats earlier that year.

Detailed explanation-2: -By referring to Keats as “Adonais, ” Shelley is using the god as a symbol of the poet. It’s his way of celebrating Keats’ beauty (or the beauty of his words) and mourning his early death.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shelley’s best known works include “Ozymandias” (1818), “Ode to the West Wind” (1819), “To a Skylark” (1820), and the political ballad “The Mask of Anarchy” (1819). As well as poetry, he wrote prose fiction and essays on political, social, and philosophical issues.

Detailed explanation-4: -Shelley laments the death of Keats to whom he gives the name of Adonais. Shelley wanted by this name to point out the connection of his poem with the Greek poet Bion’s famous “Lament of Aphrodite For Adonais”.

Detailed explanation-5: -What is the theme of Adonais? Adonais commemorates the life and legacy of John Keats. The main themes that appear in the poem are the relationship between man and nature, immortalization and rebirth, and the influence of art and beauty.