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Analysis of Natural Image in Shelley’s Poetry [Abstract] Shelley had a profound affection on nature. Thus, natural image played an important role in Shelley’s poetry. It not only provided the particular characteristics but also contained the deep feelings of Shelley’s thoughts. Natural Image was a carrier of the poet’s feeling. The poet used the objective image to convey his abstract thought in order to get the vivid expression. This essay would study the natural image in Shelley’s poetry. [Key words] natural image；Shelley；poet 1. A brief introduction of P. B. Shelley’s life and works Percy Bysshe Shelley was born in 1792 in a wealthy family, as a child he was good at independent thinking and began to like literature. He wrote that he wanted to sit in white cloud car, went forward, towards the future of the ideal. There was sunshine which was bright and beautiful with no exploitation, no hatred, everywhere was full of happiness and freedom. Unfortunately, in 1822 Shelley suffered wind and rain when boating in the Italian coast, and drowned when he was only 29 years old. Shelley was one of British romantic poets in 19th century and his poetry occupied an important position in the history of British literature and even in the world literature. He loved nature and advocated that there should be more works to eulogize nature in literature. He opposed the restoration of one抯 personality and emotion of the classical disciplines and advocated the liberation of individual character to expressa their true feelings. The same as other English romantic poets, Shelley was very fond of describing nature. He found the real reality wasn’t what Plato’s concept of the world, but rather the nature and the people of the world. 2.The concept of image and natural image in Shelley’s poetry 2.1 The concept of image Image is the basic characteristics of poetry. In poetry creation, life experience must sublimate into literature, the process of experience is in fact the process of image. Imag