Get out the microscope, because we’re going through this poem line-by-line.
Lines 118-126
All he had lov'd, and moulded into thought,
From shape, and hue, and odour, and sweet sound,
Lamented Adonais. Morning sought
Her eastern watch-tower, and her hair unbound,
Wet with the tears which should adorn the ground,
Dimm'd the aëreal eyes that kindle day;
Afar the melancholy thunder moan'd,
Pale Ocean in unquiet slumber lay,
And the wild Winds flew round, sobbing in their dismay.
- Everything that Adonais loved was sad to see him go, even inanimate objects.
- Even the morning wept for him, with "aëreal" eyes (eyes that look through the air). Giving human feelings to inanimate things is an example of Shelley's use of personification.
- A few more personified mourners show up: the thunder, the ocean, and the winds. Man, this dead youth sure was a popular guy.