Even back when I was studying them at uni, I could never decide on a favourite out of the Romantic era poets. Neither to read and write about (I'd have happily ditched another paper to do extra Romantic paper questions), or to idolise. William Blake is something of a god to me, but then again Byron was a total fucking rock/pop star... and that's before we get onto Keats, the younger Wordsworth, or Coleridge.

And in trying to juggle my desire to be all five of these (but ideally Byron or Blake) when answering the questions, look what happened in the following quiz:


You are Percy Bysshe Shelley! Famous for your
dreamy abstraction and your quirky verse,
you're the model "sensitive poet." A
vegetarian socialist with great personal charm
and a definite way with the love poem, you
remain an idol for female readers. There are
dozens of cute anecdotes about you, and I love
you.


Which Major Romantic Poet Would You Be (if You Were a Major Romantic Poet)?
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Shelley? Percy fucking Shelly?

Two months ago, I could have got Byron with a little wishful-thinking, but I'm not sure that's a good thing. Maybe I should give Percy another chance...