Byron and Shelley

Lord Byron and Percy Shelley use each other to make their writing better and play off of each other. Both men exult in the power of nature, from the ocean to the winds, and everything in between. Byron equates the beauty of a woman to that of "starry skies" (She Walks, 2) which shows his deeper feelings for not only to explain her loveliness but also to show a deeper meaning of nature. His Childe Harold's Pilgrimage shows the power and relentlessness of the ocean. Byron sees the ocean as the only place that people cannot conquer because it is even more unruly than that of humans. However, instead of being afraid of the sea, his protagonist loves it like a cherished horse. Shelley also shows the power of nature in Ozymandias and Ode to the West Wind. Each poem is a little more dark and sorrowful, however it shows that humans cannot tyrannize nature.