Two Anonymous Irish Poems

[ockteby]

Makes you wonder who the poets were or are.

[Amiduffer]

Nobody will ever know. I'm reading Percy Shelley's correspondence, and you risked prison during those times if you published poetry that the aristocracy didn't like.

[ockteby]

Tell us more about Percy Shelley's correspondence and who the aristocracy was. Either in text or video will suffice.

Frank

[Amiduffer]

I've just started the book. It lists people he wrote to with small biographies of them. It mentioned a printer of Thomas Paines "Rights Of Man" as having served a couple of years in prison for instance. Shelley's friend Leigh Hunt spent time in prison for his poetry. The aristocracy was just the various Lords, Dukes, monarchs, and other riff-raff that ruled over the poor subjects of England. Read his "Mask of Anarchy" poem.

[ockteby]

Thank you, Drew that was an excellent explanation.