The sensitive plant

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The sensitive plant

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

EN·~26 minutes·9 chapters

Chapters

9 total
1

Of this Special Edition on Japanese Paper only 50 copies have been printed for the Guild of Women-Binders, of which this is No. 38

0:19
2

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

0:17
3

THE SENSITIVE PLANT

6:17
4

A NOTE UPON THE ILLUSTRATIONS

4:05
5

THE SENSITIVE PLANT

0:01
6

FIRST PART

5:46
7

SECOND PART

3:03
8

THIRD PART

5:55
9

CONCLUSION

1:06

Description

Delve into a lyrical meditation that blends the fragile elegance of a garden bloom with the weight of personal loss. The verses unfold in a sun‑lit Italian courtyard, where the scent of freshly gathered flowers becomes a conduit for memories of grief and longing. Through vivid imagery and gentle rhythm, the poet invites listeners to contemplate how beauty can both soothe and haunt the heart.

Accompanying the poem are delicate illustrations that echo its mood, tracing the plant’s tender growth and its inevitable fading. The work captures a moment of artistic doubt turned into creative triumph, offering a quiet, introspective journey for anyone who has ever felt the sting of inspiration and the solace of nature. Let the soft cadence of the poem and the subtle visual cues guide you into a space where melancholy and wonder coexist.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~26 minutes (25K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United Kingdom: Guild of Women-binders, 1899.

Credits

Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2023-03-02

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley

1792–1822

A leading voice of English Romanticism, his poems unite beauty, rebellion, and big questions about freedom, nature, and human hope. Though he died at just 29, works like "Ozymandias" and "Ode to the West Wind" helped secure his lasting place in literature.

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