The poem uses romantic techniques to enthusiastically praise the skylark. In the poet's writings, the skylark is a symbol of joy, light and beauty. The poet uses metaphors, analogies, and questions to describe the skylark. He compared the skylark to a poet, a girl in a boudoir, and a firefly, so that the beautiful image of the skylark is vividly displayed in front of readers.
The poet compared the skylark's song with spring rain, wedding choruses, and victory songs, highlighting the great power of the skylark's song. The rhythm of the poem is short, brisk, smooth, and passionate. The stanzas are interlocked with each other and advanced layer by layer, which is very artistically appealing.
Introduction:
"To a Skylark" is a poem written by the British poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1820.
"To the Skylark" is a lyric poem with 21 stanzas in total. It starts with praise and ends with exclamation, with clear layers and rigorous structure. It can be roughly divided into six or seven short paragraphs. There is no place in the whole poem where the skylark is not mentioned, and at the same time, there is no place where Shelley's self is not mentioned. The skylark becomes the poet's idealized self-portrait. While Shelley vividly depicted the skylark with his unique artistic conception, he also wrote about his own spiritual realm, aesthetic ideals and artistic ambitions with full passion.