She faded, like a cloud which had outwept its rain.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Topic

Clouds

Author

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Source

Adonais

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1821 1820s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Adonais: An Elegy on the Death of John Keats, Author of Endymion, Hyperion, etc. London: Charles Ollier, 1821, st. 10, I. 9.

Current Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Adonais." Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Major Works, edited by Zachary Leader and Michael O'Neill. Oxford University Press, 2009, st. 10, I. 9.

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