Lord Byron and Percy Shelley were critical players by enhancing poetry in its new era. Just from reading the biographies, there are not many differences between the two poets. Lord Byron was described as having a spoilt life due to many of the tragedies that he has to face during his lifetime. When it comes to his poetic ideas, Byron seems to be connected with his surrounding and nature (he did have a pet bear). Bryon also seemed to have two sides to his personality. One part of him was charming and friendly, and the other part of him was dark and brooding. These two different personalities/characteristics can actually be viewed in “Apostrophe to the Ocean”
Percy Shelley died at a young age due to a boating incident, but even in this short amount of time, he was able to contribute a lot for the poetry era. When it comes to poetic style, Shelley was also into nature and incorporated nature images A LOT in his poems, such as “Ode to the Wild West”. Another common element in both the poets is the fact that they both wish to promote freedom, and they include this concept in their poetry such as “Ozymandias” Both of them wished to help out the poor and oppressed. So, for the most part, both of these poets have the same writing style. The real difference is the switching of personality for Byron during his poems.
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