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- O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being, Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead. Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing,
- Thou on whose stream, mid the steep sky's commotion, Loose clouds like earth's decaying leaves are shed, Shook from the tangled boughs of Heaven and Ocean,
- Thou who didst waken from his summer dreams. The blue Mediterranean, where he lay, Lull'd by the coil of his crystalline streams, Beside a pumice isle in Baiae's bay,
- If I were a dead leaf thou mightest bear; If I were a swift cloud to fly with thee; A wave to pant beneath thy power, and share. The impulse of thy strength, only less free.
- 1 O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being, 2 Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead. 3 Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing,
- 15 Thou on whose stream, mid the steep sky's commotion, 16 Loose clouds like earth's decaying leaves are shed, 17 Shook from the tangled boughs of Heaven and Ocean,
- 29 Thou who didst waken from his summer dreams. 30 The blue Mediterranean, where he lay, 31 Lull'd by the coil of his crystalline streams, 32 Beside a pumice isle in Baiae's bay,
- 43 If I were a dead leaf thou mightest bear; 44 If I were a swift cloud to fly with thee; 45 A wave to pant beneath thy power, and share. 46 The impulse of thy strength, only less free.
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‘Ode to the West Wind’ by Percy Bysshe Shelleyfocuses on the west wind, a powerful and destructive force, yet a necessary one. In the first lines, the speaker addresses the wind and describes how it creates deadly storms. It drives away the summer and brings with it the cold and darkness of winter. He imagines what it would be like to be a dead lea...
Shelley engages with themes of death, rebirth, and poetry in ‘Ode to the West Wind.’ From the start, Shelley’s speaker describes the wind as something powerful and destructive. It takes away the summer and brings winter, a season usually associated with death and sorrow. It’s not a peaceful wind, he adds, but despite this, the speaker celebrates it...
‘Ode to the West Wind’ by Percy Bysshe Shelley is written in terza rima. This refers to an interlocking rhyme scheme. The first stanza is written in the pattern of ABA, while the second uses the same “B” rhymesound and adds a “C.” So it looks like BCB. This repeats throughout the text until the final two lines, which rhyme as a couplet. Despite the...
Shelley makes use of several literary devices in ‘Ode to the West Wind.’ These include alliteration, personification, and apostrophe. The latter is an interesting device that is used when the poet’s speaker talks to something or someone who either can’t hear them or can’t respond. In this case, the speaker starts out the poem by talking to the “Wes...
Readers who enjoyed ‘Ode to the West Wind’ should also consider reading some of Shelley’s other poems. For example: 1. ‘Adonais‘ – Shelley writes a tribute to fellow poet John Keats, who died at age twenty-five. 2. ‘Ozymandias‘ – is a very memorable poem that’s often studied in schools worldwide. It describes a long-abandoned and broken statue in t...
"Ode to the West Wind" is an ode, written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1819 in Cascine wood near Florence, Italy. It was originally published in 1820 by Charles Ollier in London as part of the collection Prometheus Unbound, A Lyrical Drama in Four Acts, With Other Poems.
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- O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being, Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead. Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing, Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red,
- Thou on whose stream, ‘mid the steep sky’s commotion, Loose clouds like Earth’s decaying leaves are shed, Shook from the tangled boughs of Heaven and Ocean,
- Thou who didst waken from his summer dreams. The blue Mediterranean, where he lay, Lulled by the coil of his crystalline streams, Beside a pumice isle in Baiae’s bay,
- If I were a dead leaf thou mightest bear; If I were a swift cloud to fly with thee; A wave to pant beneath thy power, and share. The impulse of thy strength, only less free.
Ode to the West Wind. O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being, Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead. Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing, Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red, Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O thou, Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed. The winged seeds, where they lie cold and low,
Shelley begins ‘Ode to the West Wind’ by addressing this wind which blows away the falling autumn leaves as they drop from the trees. The leaves are various colours, including yellow, black, and red. It’s as if the leaves have been infected with a pestilence or plague, that makes them drop en masse.
