To The Men Of England Comments

England be your sepulchre! Well expressed and communicated! Sylva.

Enjoyed this poem on the disparities in society.

Quite mysterious, the last two stanzas. He seems to be advocating passive, yet armed, resistance. It's a bit odd, yet oddly modern.

Percy, if you were alive today what would you have written, observing the modern way of living of modern people, who live in the council house and the high income status. we, the people from the developing regions, have to repeat your poem, Thank you for sharing..

Percy, if you were alive today what would you have written, observing the modern way of living of modern people, who live in the council house and the high income status. we, the people from the developing regions, have to repeat your poem, Thank you for sharing..

His poems thrills me- My dream poet within me - his cloud one may read

Straight advice for an average man. It‘s really touching to the deep heart

A classic bunch of advice! It is very simple and straight-to-shoulder for an average citizen to swallow

nicely written...sounds like the beginning of a revolution...

Though Shelley could be accused of insular here, but for sake of poesy, he goes squad free. This is the inference I draw form this Poem; (But aside, I am sure she this could a mediation inspired from one the Gospel I can't be exact now) The inference is: you have to sow where you can reap, not where spoil shall take - sow in God. If there is anything one can boast of in this life, it is his soul. Use your hands and brain wisely; doing good works such as this poem and others that leaves your indelible mark in this world. Shelley, I wish this world more of your kind.

wonderful clarion call.love this.

Sounds like 'Occupy England' to me! some things never change.

Of Shelley it can be truly said he was 'a scorner of the ground, of the air airy, and carried a fire on his breath'. His entire oeure is pitched on a high note with nerves on edge all the time. He is excellent because of this. His romanticism is totally imagined. The last stanza of this poem shows this attribute in its word concatenation. This poem is a clarion call for the oppressed against the oppressor. It is not a Marxist tub-thumping.

a very inspiring poem, eventhough shelly meant it 4 the England in his time, it has a universal application, it has many inspiring quotes & it also has Shelly's mark as a sensual poet...

A true romantic at heart, Shelley has spoken well on behalf of all mankind. 'Sow seed.............in your defence bear' is what all patriotic hearts wish for. By the way, if Willam Shakespeare is one of the people who read Shelley, I do hope he is reading all other good poems on PoemHunter.com also.

Shlley expresses the feeling that many people, high and low, felt at that time that England was not herself when so many people were seriously, even life-threateningly, deprived of the basic creature comforts. And this was before the worst ravages of capitalist laissez faire had their effect later in the 19th century. England escaped the revolutionary horrors of France, Russia, China and Germany precisely because of a sense from top to bottom of the social scale that this was not the way to organise a society.

Good you pointed this poem out to me.This has great historical value. So it was not just Mr Marx or Herr Engels who felt so - some one like Shelley also did so.

Let the toiling lot enjoy freedom due to them and live as free men in their own soil! A nice message though meant for the English is fit for all in the world anytime! Wonderful inspiring poem!

In the spirit of Christmas, bring out your Ogden Nash for the Poem Of The Day. Save Mr.Shelley for the dark cold days of Feburary when you have the mood for this sort of thing.