Question

write a brief note on the title of the poem lines to an Indian air​

Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation:

Lines to an indian air" is a poem written by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

This poem was written for Miss Sophia who was a good singer  and who had requested Shelley to compose a few songs to fit certain tunes that she liked. This poem has all the qualities of a popular lyric and is, for that reason, a favorite with readers, especially the young people. It is certainly a musical poem, but apart from that, “it is mechanical in metre and sentimental in tone”. It is, on the whole, a trifling poem and may be regarded as a billet-doux (love-letter) which Sophia Stacey must have been delighted to receive.

The poem, Lines to an Indian Air, by Percy Bysshe Shelley, has an Indian atmosphere, and gives expression to the poet’s passionate longings for the fulfilment of his love. Arising from dreams of his sweet-heart, he walks to her chamber-window whither an irresistible natural impulse leads him. The breezes are blowing so gently that they seem to be swooning on the silent stream in the darkness of the night; the sweet smells of the champak trees are fainting like sweet thoughts that fade away in a dream; the nightingale, unable to convey its deep agony through its son, lapses into silence; and the lover will   sink upon his beloved’s breast.

This love-poem has undoubtedly a rich appeal for young, adolescent readers. It has certainly some charm, especially because of its musical quality, but otherwise, as has already been remarked, it is a trifling poem.  Shelley has characterized this lyric with his usual intensity of feeling. The poet doesn’t give expression to “emotion recollected in tranquillity.” He writes at the white heat of passion. This intensity of feeling, this fervor of love, and this burning ardor is the most striking quality of this poem. Similar to most of Shelley’s lyrics, this poem is also a   lament, or a cry from the wounded heart of the writer. There is a pessimistic quality about it. The mood of the poem is gloomy, one of the despair almost.