Why Does Shelley Forbid Men to Mourn for Adonais?
PremiumWhy does Shelley forbid men to mourn for Adonais In Adonais P B Shelley - mourns the untimely death of the Romantic poet John Keats - In the poem Shelley tells people not to mourn for Keats called Adonais in the poem because he believes death is not the end of everything Death is a joyful escape to eternal beauty He uses simple hopeful ideas to explain why sadness is unnecessary Adonais is not Truly Dead Shelley believes Adonais is not truly dead He personifies death and says it is Death who is dead So he forbids to mourn for Adonais He lives he wakes 'tis Death is dead not he Mourn not for Adonais Shelley says Adonais has become part of nature and the universe His spirit lives in the wind stars and sunlight Mourning him is silly because he is still here just in a different form For