Pastoral elegy Shelley's "Adonaïs" is a pastoral elegy written by Shelley immediately after hearing about the death of John Keats. The elegy is 495 lines long, consisting of a total of 55 Spenserian stanzas. "Adonaïs" was composed during the spring of 1821 and was eventually published in July 1821. Studying the works of many classical pastoral elegies himself, Shelley admired Milton's poetic voice and form in "Lycidas". Thus, Shelley composed "Adonaïs" specifically in the tradition of Milton's "Lycidas" Introduced to each other by their mutual friend Leigh Hunt in late 1816, Shelley and Keats often exchanged letters of advice about their works
Tony Walsh (poet) Concert, held in benefit of the attack's victims and their families. It was discussed alongside poems written about earlier atrocities committed in Manchester, including "The Masque of Anarchy" by Percy Bysshe Shelley, on BBC Radio 4's "Front Row" on 24 May 2017. Walsh is married with two children, and lives in Manchester. His brother, Rev Mike Walsh, is a Minister of the United Reformed Church serving in South Manchester. Tony Walsh (poet) Tony Walsh (born 1965), also known as Longfella, is an English poet, performer and writer. Born into a family of partially Irish descent in east Manchester, the oldest