Analysis of "Ode to the West Wind" by Percy Bysshe ShelleyPresenter's Name

• ANALYSIS OF "ODE TO
THE WEST WIND" BY
PERCY BYSSHE
SHELLEY
Present to Presented by
A. K. M. Nashim
Uddin Name ID
Assistant Professor
Fojilatun 1061
of English Nesha easha
FBS, Premier Anika 1062
University yasmin 1063
Rumki barua 1064
Fahadur
rahaman
khan 1065
Mohammed
Tanvirhosse
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 PERCY BYSSHE
SHELLEY

SHELLEY WAS A FAMOUS

ENGLISH ROMANTIC POET
WHOSE POETRY REFLECTS
PASSION, BEAUTY, IMAGINATION,
LOVE, CREATIVITY, POLITICAL
LIBERTY AND NATURE. BEING
VERY SENSITIVE AND
POSSESSING DISTINCTIVE
QUALITIES OF HOPE, LOVE, JOY
AND IMAGINATION, SHELLEY
STRONGLY BELIEVED IN
 ADDRESSING THE
WIND POWER
OVER CLOUDS
AND WEATHER
SHELLEY INVOKES THE WIND
MAGICALLY, DESCRIBING ITS POWER
AND ITS ROLE AS BOTH “DESTROYER
AND PRESERVER,” AND ASKS THE WIND
TO SWEEP HIM OUT OF HIS TORPOR “AS
A WAVE, A LEAF, A CLOUD!” IN THE
FIFTH SECTION, THE POET THEN TAKES
A REMARKABLE TURN, TRANSFORMING
THE WIND INTO A METAPHOR FOR HIS
OWN ART, THE EXPRESSIVE ...
 • THE WIND'S
INFLUENCE ON
THE SEA DESIRES
AND
COMPARISONS
THE WIND CAUSES A VIOLENT
COMMOTION IN THE SEAWEEDS AND THE
FLOWERS THAT BLOOM ON THE WEEDS.
THE POET IMAGINES THAT THESE WEEDS
TREMBLE WITH FEAR OF THE WEST WIND
TURN PALE AND SHED THEIR LEAVES AND
FLOWERS. THUS, THE MIGHTY WEST WIND
BRINGS GREAT CHANGES ON THE EARTH,
IN THE SKY AND OVER THE SEAS
 BECOMING THE
WIND'S
INSTRUMENT
THEMES AND
SYMBOLISM
STRUCTURE. "ODE TO THE WEST
WIND" CONSISTS OF FIVE SECTIONS
(CANTOS) 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.
 CONCLUSION

AT LAST, HE CONCLUDES BY ASKING

THE QUESTION THAT IF WINTER WILL
ARRIVE, THE SPRING WILL ALSO NOT
BE FAR BEHIND. THUS, HE STATES A
METAPHOR FOR BIRTH AND DEATH.
SO, IT MEANS THAT DEATH AND
DECAY DO NOT MEAN THE END BUT
REBIRTH.