The stanza is remarkable for a contrast between actual life and art .when actual life is characterised by weariness ,stickness or morbidity implied by the words 'Burning forehead' & 'Parching tongue' ,the world of art is free from all these unhappy experiences it is happy and ever green.
P.B Shelley:- Shelley was born in 1792 .In 1810 ,he was expelled from Oxford university for his pamphlet." The Necessity of Atheism" . He died in 1822 in Italy . His notable works are " Ode to the West Wind","To a skylarkS","Prometheus unbound" etc. The main theme of Shelley's poetry is freedom and love which are the solution of the evil world.
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