Percy Bysshe Shelley
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- proper noun
- Many scholars consider Percy Bysshe Shelley one of the greatest lyric poets in the English language.
Examples
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Did you read Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem 'Ode to the West Wind'?
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The radical ideas of Percy Bysshe Shelley influenced both his contemporaries and later generations of writers.
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Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote several influential poems, including "Ozymandias" and "To a Skylark".
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The works of Percy Bysshe Shelley are celebrated worldwide.
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Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote several influential poems, including "Ozymandias" and "To a Skylark."
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Many scholars consider Percy Bysshe Shelley one of the greatest lyric poets in the English language.
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The radical ideas of Percy Bysshe Shelley influenced both his contemporaries and later generations of writers.
Synonyms
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An English Romantic poet who wrote beautiful poems and had strong ideas for change
Surface Forms
Morphology
Percy + Bysshe + Shelley
This is a proper name whose overall meaning (an English Romantic poet) is not compositionally derived from the constituent name parts; knowing the individual name tokens does not allow a learner to infer the biographical/professional information. Proper nouns are arbitrary labels rather than compositional MWEs, so the semantic content (poet, dates, reputation) is unpredictable to a B1 learner who only knows the name parts.
Etymology
Percy Bysshe Shelley was given a three-part name that mixes his first name and his mother's family name Bysshe, a style that made his full name sound formal and easy to remember. That's why the long, memorable name points to the English Romantic poet known for 'radical views' and musical poems.