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Ode to the West Wind : ウィキペディア英語版 | Ode to the West Wind
"Ode to the West Wind" is an ode, written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1819 near Florence, Italy. It was published in 1820 by Charles and James Ollier in London as part of the collection ''Prometheus Unbound, A Lyrical Drama in Four Acts, With Other Poems''. Some have interpreted the poem as the speaker lamenting his inability to directly help those in England owing to his being in Italy. At the same time, the poem expresses the hope that its words will inspire and influence those who read or hear it.〔(MacEachen, Dougald B. ''CliffsNotes on Shelley's Poems''. 29 July 2011. )〕 Perhaps more than anything else, Shelley wanted his message of reform and revolution spread, and the wind becomes the trope for spreading the word of change through the poet-prophet figure. Some also believe that the poem is due to the loss of his son, William (born to Mary Shelley) in 1819. His son Charles (to Harriet Shelley) died in 1826, after "Ode to the West Wind" was written and published. The ensuing pain influenced Shelley. The poem allegorises the role of the poet as the voice of change and revolution. At the time of composing this poem, Shelley without doubt had the Peterloo Massacre of August 1819 in mind. His other poems written at the same time—''The Masque of Anarchy'', ''Prometheus Unbound'', and "England in 1819"—take up these same problems of political change, revolution, and role of the poet.〔(SparkNotes Editors. "SparkNote on Shelley’s Poetry". ''SparkNotes LLC''. 2002. (accessed July 11, 2011). )〕 == Structure == The poem "Ode to the West Wind" consists of five sections written in terza rima. Each section consists of four tercets (ABA, BCB, CDC, DED) and a rhyming couplet (EE). The Ode is written in iambic pentameter. The poem begins with three sections describing the wind's effects upon earth, air, and ocean. The last two sections are Shelley speaking directly to the wind, asking for its power, to lift him like a leaf, a cloud or a wave and make him its companion in its wanderings. He asks the wind to take his thoughts and spread them all over the world so that the youth are awoken with his ideas. The poem ends with an optimistic note which is that if winter days are here then spring is not very far.
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