Rosalind and Helen

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Rosalind and Helen, A Modern Eclogue; With Other Poems is a poetry collection by Percy Bysshe Shelley published in 1819. The collection also contains the poems "Lines written on the Euganean Hills", "Hymn to Intellectual Beauty", and the sonnet "Ozymandias". The collection was published by Charles and James Ollier in London. "Rosalind and Helen" is a narrative poem on the lives of two exiled English women, Rosalind and Helen, who meet by Lake Como, sharing their experiences of unfulfilled love, societal barriers, and political disillusionment. It is set within a background of incest and spectral figures, exploring themes of lost innocence, duty, and revolutionary and radical ideals. Rosalind follows her duty and the norms of traditional society. She endures poverty and the loss of her children. Helen, on the other hand, her friend, has lived "not wisely but too well" with Lionel, a radical reformer. Shelley criticizes the rigid and unequal hierarchical structure of society and religious institutions, maintaining that redemption and salvation can be found through love and shared sympathy.

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1 de janeiro de 1819

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Percy Bysshe Shelley