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Yet another poem that we are studying in the GCSE cluster of Love and Relationships. I really like this one because of the rhythm. Shelley used a literary technique called the iambic pentameter in 'Love's Philosophy'. Iambic pentameter is made up of five stresses and ten syllables and it replicates a heartbeat, as a result most sonnets have it. The fountains mingle with the river     And the rivers with the ocean,  The winds of heaven mix for ever     With a sweet emotion;  Nothing in the world is single;     All things by a law divine  In one spirit meet and mingle.     Why not I with thine?— See the mountains kiss high heaven     And the waves clasp one another;  No sister-flower would be forgiven     If it disdained its brother;  And the sunlight clasps the earth     And the moonbeams kiss...

Percy Bysshe Shelley ·       Percy Bysshe Shelley was born on 4 th August 1792 in Horsham. ·       His mother was Elizabeth Pilford, a Sussex landowner. ·       His father was Sir Timothy Shelley a Whig MP. ·       Percy Shelley was the eldest legitimate son of Sir Timothy. ·       He had four younger sisters and a much younger brother. ·       In 1804, Shelley attended Eton. ·       He was frequently bullied and had his books and clothes torn by the older boys. ·       He was interested in science and decided to blow a tree up with gunpowder. ·       Shelley earnt the nickname: ‘Mad Shelley’. ·       In 1810, Shelley began attending Oxford University. ·       Legend has it that he only attended ...