A Brief Introduction to Lark
To the lark is a lyric poem written by the English poet Shelley in the 9th century, and it is one of the immortal masterpieces of lyric poetry. Poetry uses romanticism to describe lark as a symbol of joy, light and beauty. The poet vividly portrayed the lark with a unique artistic conception and wrote his spiritual realm, aesthetic ideal and artistic ambition with full passion.
Creation background
According to Shelley's wife's memory, "To the Lark" was written on a dusk in the summer of 1820. When Shelley was walking in the countryside of Laixing, he heard the lark singing. To the lark was finalized on 1820. Shelley was at the bottom of his life at that time. He used poetry to resist the evil class oppression. He foresaw and expected the working class to rise up and resist.
In To the Lark, the poet enthusiastically praised the Lark, not so much because he admired the freedom of the Lark to fly and the joy of singing, but because he was moved by the freedom of flying and the joy of singing, and he was pursuing this freedom and happiness.
Brief introduction of the author
Percy bysshe shelley is a famous English romantic poet, considered as one of the most outstanding English poets in history, and one of the most talented lyric poets in the history of English literature. His most famous works are ode to the west wind, Clouds and Ode to a Lark, which are outstanding among lyric poems.
Shelley's poems are very symbolic, mainly serious, and often reveal the poet's sad mood, but some of his works are also humorous and ironic.