To a Skylark

E221994

"To a Skylark" is a renowned Romantic lyric poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley that celebrates the skylark as a symbol of pure, transcendent joy and poetic inspiration.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
To a Skylark canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English poem ⓘ
Romantic poem ⓘ
lyric poem ⓘ
addressedTo a skylark ⓘ
author Percy Bysshe Shelley ⓘ
comparesTo a glow-worm ⓘ
a maiden in a tower ⓘ
a poet ⓘ
a rose ⓘ
compositionPeriod 1820 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1820 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Prometheus Unbound and Other Poems ⓘ
linked to: Prometheus Unbound
form ode-like lyric ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
influenceOn later Romantic and Victorian nature poetry ⓘ
language English ⓘ
linesPerStanza 5 ⓘ
literaryDevice apostrophe ⓘ
imagery ⓘ
metaphor ⓘ
personification ⓘ
simile ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
literaryPeriod Romantic period ⓘ
linked to: Romanticism
mainSymbol skylark ⓘ
meter irregular meter ⓘ
notableFor celebration of spontaneous song ⓘ
exploration of the gap between ideal and real ⓘ
numberOfStanzas 21 ⓘ
openingLine Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! ⓘ
partOf Percy Bysshe Shelley bibliography ⓘ
rhymeScheme ABABB ⓘ
setting natural landscape ⓘ
sky ⓘ
subject a skylark in flight and song ⓘ
symbolizes ideal poetic song ⓘ
pure, unearthly joy ⓘ
spiritual transcendence ⓘ
theme contrast between human sorrow and ideal joy ⓘ
imagination ⓘ
joy ⓘ
limitations of human experience ⓘ
nature ⓘ
poetic inspiration ⓘ
transcendence ⓘ
tone ecstatic ⓘ
meditative ⓘ
reverent ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Percy Bysshe Shelley → notableWork → To a Skylark ⓘ
Percy Bysshe Shelley → wrote → To a Skylark ⓘ
Poems, in Two Volumes → hasPart → To a Skylark ⓘ