Stanzas by Mary W. Shelley

Stanzas

written by Mary W. Shelley

and read by Pryde Foltz

Mary Shelley is best known for Frankenstein, arguably one of the best novels ever written. If you haven't read it you should. Frankenstein's delivery of Naturalism themes is perhaps only rivalled by Emily Bronte with Wuthering Heights. Admiration of Shelley's prose brought me to take a look at what she did with poetry. Her husband Percy Shelley was a very well-known Romantic poet and she spent much of her life in support of his work. But I did find one piece. Stanzas could be mostly aptly defined as Romantic with its classical themes but there is a much deeper lying darkness that hints at Naturalism. Its four short stanzas do leave the reader wishing she had written a great deal more.

Come to me in dreams, my love, Mary writes …

To read and hear the poem please click on the link below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w3j9ZP1GeE&list=UU8rAsV8Dot4MbmtGZOA0UlQ

Reviews

[Einstein Noodle]

always pleasure to hear your voice Pryde! such romance in MS's words ... reminds me no matter how old ...passion of being in love does not have to fade! mmmmmmmmmmmm! ;)
E.

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank you, E:)

[Troy Henson]

This was another great piece and reading by you Pryde.

Troy

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank you, Troy.

[jennifer little]

wonderful poem keep up the good work

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank you, Jen.

[Angad Waraich]

This is an exquisitely written piece and we all know you are a wonderful reader.
Thank you for sharing pryde.
Angad.

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank you, Angad.

[Valkyrie Warrior]

What I beautiful poem and I liked the image behind, gave a kind of hypnotic effect

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank you, Lor. Shelley was a very fine writer.

[Valkyrie Warrior]

She was indeed

[C. Rose]

Well read. I like this reading more than usual.
I didn't like the in and out visual. It made me feel a bit dizzy after awhile.

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank you, Rose. Yes I had trouble placing the text both so lines would fit and be visible on the page. I probably should have chosen another graphic.

[Avinash]

Very eloquent and enamoring words delivered in matching voice of yours. Always a pleasure listening to you.

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank you, Avinash.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

I have a theory about Shelley, as a writer she was much more skilled academically than her husband which is obvious however because she was a woman of her age, sought to conceal that to some extent, of course caution was thrown to the wind when Frankenstein was written, a short story at first, she knew that it had to be fed so the world could see, my theory is, is that she sought to show that woman could be as inventive as the men of the time and never really realised it, until of course after her death when people across the globe realised her intellect. I will forever long for more from the grave.

[Pryde Foltz]

I think your theory is probably very close to the truth. Her mother was in fact an early feminist and was instrumental in helping Percy 'compile' his pieces. Anyone who has actually read the novel and not just seen a movie or two … cannot help but be blown away with the writing in Frankenstein.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Absolutely also within the novel I adore how direct she could be in points, when describing the monsters skin for example, nothing was left to the imagination.

[Jon Roggie]

I always wonder about the summer they spent with Byron.

[Pryde Foltz]

LOL … who would trust their wife with Byron, right? Thank you, John.

[Jon Roggie]

I bounce back, and forth on my reads. Sometimes, it manages to show. ;)

[icelandicblue]

This was wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank you, IcyBlue.