Reading Stanzas Written in Dejection Near Naples | Alexandria
Read Stanzas Written in Dejection Near Naples by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Haunting Naples's shores, this icon grapples with nature's apathy toward human suffering while finding transcendent beauty in despair—a radical rejection of Romantic idealism that eerily previews modern existentialism. Shelley's insight? True hope emerges not from denying darkness, but embracing it as the doorway to authentic joy.