Epipsychidion (leafhopper)
''Epipsychidion'' is a major poetical work published in 1821 by Percy Bysshe Shelley. The work was subtitled ''Verses addressed to the noble and unfortunate Lady Emilia V, now imprisoned in the convent of''. The title is Greek for "concerning or about a little soul", from ''epi'', "around", "about"; and ''psychidion'', "little soul". Background Countess Teresa Viviani, the daughter of the governor of Pisa, was nineteen years old. Her father had placed her in the Convent of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Saint Anna. Shelley had visited her several times and had corresponded with her briefly. After the work was published by Charles Ollier, Charles and James Ollier in London, Shelley asked them to withdraw it. One possible concern was that readers would interpret the poem biographically. Shelley referred to it as "an idealized history of my life and feelings". The poem contains autobiographical elements, consisting of 604 lines written for Viviani, whom Shelley met while sh ...
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