What ideas other than death and rebirth could you infer from the poem "Ode to the West Wind?"
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What ideas other than death and rebirth could you infer from the poem...
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Another major idea or theme of "Ode to the West Wind" is that a poet's...
Another major idea or theme of "Ode to the West Wind" is that a poet's ideas can be blown all over the earth the way the wind blows autumn leaves. The leaves on a tree remind the poet of leaves of paper on which he writes his verses. In the last verse, the poet addresses the wind, asking if he, the poet, can become its "lyre" or the instrument the wind plays. The poet desires to become one with the spirit of the wind. "Be thou [you] me," he...
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Shelley also names the West Wind the "breath of Autumn's being" in the...
Shelley also names the West Wind the "breath of Autumn's being" in the very first line of the poem, indicating that the West Wind is also the entity that gives Autumn life. He continues to discuss the strength of the West Wind throughout the poem, and he ends with a call to action from the Wind: Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth! And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from an...
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Shelley glorifies the West Wind as a "wild spirit" and he praises the...
Shelley glorifies the West Wind as a "wild spirit" and he praises the Wind for being tameless, proud, and swift. He remembers the Wind as a pleasant force during his summer days on the shores of the Mediterranean, but also celebrates its fierce autumnal power. Most importantly, he glories in the Wind as a forceful agent of change. Much of the imagery of the poem revolves around the Wind's ability to scatter objects of nature. The poet wants...
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In "Ode to the West Wind" by Percy Shelley, paraphrase the meaning of...
In "Ode to the West Wind" by Percy Shelley, paraphrase the meaning of the image in line 55 that the poet uses to depict the pains of aging.
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Here is what I think Percy Bysshe Shelley is saying in lines 55 and 56...
Here is what I think Percy Bysshe Shelley is saying in lines 55 and 56 of "Ode to the West Wind": "Although I was once in my youth--and even now in my spirit continue to be--wild and forceful with my philosophies, the personal sorrows that have piled upon me with each passing year are acting like a ball and chain, weighing down my motivation and enthusiasm and limiting my ability to be the effective communicator of world-changing ideas that I...
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Shelley sees the West Wind as sublime, powerful as it blows the autumn...
Shelley sees the West Wind as sublime, powerful as it blows the autumn leaves from the trees, and powerful as a force for change. Shelley invokes this power because he wishes the West Wind would blow the "leaves" or pages of his verse over the earth with the same power that it scatters the "leaves" from the trees. These leaves are dead on autumn trees, but the wind seems to blow new life into them as they are scattered. So Shelley wishes the...
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What aspects of the wind does Shelley emphasize? What is his tone in...
What aspects of the wind does Shelley emphasize? What is his tone in this section?
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Shelley emphasizes different aspects of the wind, but in four out of...
Shelley emphasizes different aspects of the wind, but in four out of five of the poem's sections, Shelley focuses on the west wind's power to cause movement and change. In the first part, he emphasizes the west wind as a "mover and shaker" that drives the autumn leaves to new places, ending the stanza with: Wild Spirit, which are moving everywhere;/Destroyer and Preserver ... This aspect of the wind as mover continues in part two, where...
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Identify the figure of speech in each of the following quotations from...
Identify the figure of speech in each of the following quotations from "Ode to the West Wind" by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Explain what he is saying in the lines: "Drive my dead thoughts over the universe, / Like withered leaves, to quicken a new birth . . .""Thou who didst waken from his summer dreams / The blue Mediterranean, where he lay . . ."
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It is common for writers to find that they can no longer recognize their...
It is common for writers to find that they can no longer recognize their own thoughts after they have written them and some time has passed. Shelley is referring to the thoughts he has published which hopefully will seem fresh to others although they seem outdated to him because he has now gone further in the life of the mind. He is, of course, comparing his published writings with the dead leaves that are being blown helter-skelter by the...
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The figure of speech used in Shelley's description of the Mediterranean...
The figure of speech used in Shelley's description of the Mediterranean awakening with the advent of the west wind is personification. It is also a poetic conceit (and rather an extreme one). The figure of speech used in "Drive my dead thoughts over the universe, etc." is hard to classify. It seems to begin with a metaphor and change to a simile with "Like withered leaves," etc., and it is likewise a poetic conceit.
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Why does the speaker identify so intensely with the wind?
Why does the speaker identify so intensely with the wind?
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The speaker, who we can interpret as Shelley himself, wants to be like...
The speaker, who we can interpret as Shelley himself, wants to be like the west wind. He interprets the power of the wind as a metaphor for poetic inspiration and as a catalyst of social change. This idea of the wind inspiring and powering flight lends itself to ideas of being uplifted: If I were a dead leaf thou mightest bear;If I were a swift cloud to fly with thee... He wants to be lifted to new poetic heights. And in terms of Shelley's...
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The structure of “Ode to the West Wind” is exceptionally complex....
The structure of “Ode to the West Wind” is exceptionally complex. Each of the five stanzas is itself a terza rimasonnet, consisting of fourteen lines divided into four triplets and a concluding couplet. Through the complex,interlocking rhyme scheme of terza rima, Shelley gives the poem a strong sense of rhythm. The form also givesemphasis to the concluding couplet in each stanza, thereby focusing the reader’s attention on the final line...
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What ideas other than death and rebirth could you infer from the poem...
What ideas other than death and rebirth could you infer from the poem "Ode to the West Wind?"
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Another major idea or theme of "Ode to the West Wind" is that a poet's...
Another major idea or theme of "Ode to the West Wind" is that a poet's ideas can be blown all over the earth the way the wind blows autumn leaves. The leaves on a tree remind the poet of leaves of paper on which he writes his verses. In the last verse, the poet addresses the wind, asking if he, the poet, can become its "lyre" or the instrument the wind plays. The poet desires to become one with the spirit of the wind. "Be thou [you] me," he...
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Shelley also names the West Wind the "breath of Autumn's being" in the...
Shelley also names the West Wind the "breath of Autumn's being" in the very first line of the poem, indicating that the West Wind is also the entity that gives Autumn life. He continues to discuss the strength of the West Wind throughout the poem, and he ends with a call to action from the Wind: Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth! And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from an...
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In "Ode to the West Wind," find three images indicating the power of the...
In "Ode to the West Wind," find three images indicating the power of the wind, and explain to which senses each appeals. How do these images support Shelley's message of renewal?
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What is the theme of the final section of "Ode to the West Wind"?
What is the theme of the final section of "Ode to the West Wind"?
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