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

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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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