Fragment: "Igniculus Desiderii"
The fragment describes thirst without relief, faltering steps, and blood tingling where thought meets sensation. Imagined caresses form a dim, incomplete shadow, followed by sickness through the night.
By Percy Bysshe Shelley · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Love Poetry · 77 words
First lines
To thirst and find no fill-to wail and wander / With short unsteady steps-to pause and ponder- / To feel the blood run through the veins and tingle / Where busy thought and blind sensation mingle; / To nurse the image of unfelt caresses / Till dim imagination just possesses / The half-created shadow, then all the night / Sick...
Genres
- Lyric Poetry — Rhyming lines render sensations and imagined caresses without developing a narrative.
- Love Poetry — Longing for caresses that have not been felt supplies the fragment's intimate focus.
Tags
desire · longing · imagination · bodily sensation
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Fragment: "Igniculus Desiderii" is listed on Textopian as a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, dated Date unknown.
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Lyric Poetry, Love Poetry
- Length: 77 words
- Structure: 1 section, 1 paragraphs
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