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Poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Queen Mab; A Philosophical Poem; With Notes, published in 1813 in nine cantos with seventeen notes, is the first large poetic work written by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), the English Romantic poet.^[2]

After substantial reworking, a revised edition of a portion of the text was published in 1816 under the title The Daemon of the World.^[3]

History

This poem was written early in Shelley's career and serves as a foundation to his theory of revolution.

It is his first major poem. In this work, he depicts a two-pronged revolt involving necessary changes, brought on by both nature and the virtuousness of humans.

Shelley took William Godwin's idea of "necessity" and combined it with his own idea of ever-changing nature, to establish the theory that contemporary societal evils would dissolve naturally in time.

This was to be coupled with the creation of a virtuous mentality in people who could envisi