" The main character of this poem is a poet who leaves home "to seek strange truths in undiscovered lands," and a vision of a "veiled maid" inspires him to search for the supernatural, culminating in a voyage down a river in an abandoned boat.
This poem features a vision of a spirit "clothed in no bright robes of shadowy silver or enshrining light," and it describes how the main character "kept mute conference with his still soul." The speaker of this poem asks the "mother of this unfathomable world" to "favour [his] solemn song" because of his devotion to her. This poem describes how the main character abandons his body, until "his listless hand hung like dead bone within its withered skin." The main character of this poem addresses a swan, saying "Thou hast a home, beautiful bird." The main character of this poem is a poet who leaves home "to seek strange truths in undiscovered lands," and a vision of a "veiled maid" inspires him to search for the supernatural, culminating in a voyage down a river in an abandoned boat. For 10 points, name this poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley named after a "spirit of solitude."
This poem features a vision of a spirit "clothed in no bright robes of shadowy silver or enshrining light," and it describes how the main character "kept mute conference with his still soul."
"Alastor, or the Spirit of Solitude"