Fragments of an Unfinished Drama
An editorial sketch describes an Enchantress who saves a Pirate, loses him to his mortal beloved, and summons a tempest to bring him back to her island. In the surviving scenes, she invokes a spirit, while the Pirate's lady and an Indian youth discuss love and abandonment. The lady recounts a dream of a childlike spirit and the growth of a mysterious plant whose fruit floats on a pool.
By Percy Bysshe Shelley · Genre: Dramatic Poetry, Fantasy · 3,289 words
First lines
The following fragments are part of a Drama undertaken for the amusement of the individuals who composed our intimate society, but left unfinished. I have preserved a sketch of the story as far as it had been shadowed in the poet's mind.
Genres
- Dramatic Poetry — Stage directions frame an Enchantress's song and verse dialogue between a lady and an Indian youth.
- Fantasy — An Enchantress casts a spell, a spirit answers, and the lady describes a mysterious plant growing after a dream of supernatural planting.
Tags
verse drama · enchanted islands · unrequited love · abandonment · magic · dreams · mysterious plants
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- Work type: Play
- Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Dramatic Poetry, Fantasy
- Length: 3,289 words
- Structure: 1 section, 31 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)
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