Topic > Comparing Shelley's presentation of social classes in…

“Men of England” touches on the idea that a workers' revolution will flourish from the mistreatment of the lower classes of society. The author, towards the middle, gives some words of motivation to people to make them angry “The seed which you sow, another reaps; The wealth you find, another keeps; The garments you weave, another wears them: the weapons you forge, another bears them. (17-20) Shelley is stating to the poor nobles that everything they do is for the rich nobles and that nothing is done for themselves. These words are used to drive poor nobles crazy and make them realize that they too are human and deserve the same respect and treatment that a rich noble receives in society. In the next stanza, it serves as an important point for the poem because it presents the reader that something is about to happen, Shelley states, “Sow seeds, but let not the tyrant reap: find wealth, let not impostors accumulate: weave garments. do not let the idle wear out: forge weapons in your defense to endure.”