Hi Tracy, there’s lots of information on the net but I hope this quick info gets you started.
Ode to the West Wind’ is a poem by P. B. Shelley. It was published in 1820. The Ode is a passionate invocation to the spirit of the West Wind, both ‘Destroyer and Preserver’. It is composed in five sweeping stanzaic movements, each taking the form of a sonnet, but with complex musical patterns
Thank you! But i want the paraphrase of every sentence of the poem. in another word, i want some one can tell me the meaning of every sentence. Because there is some world i can not understand.
Hmm. I used www.google.com In the search box I put “ode to the west wind” notes I got loads of useful information. It’s very hard to paraphrase poetry. The explanations are always very much longer than the poems. I can help you Tracy but could you please ask special questions?
oh! Thank you very much! i just want some sentences. 1. "O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being,Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead are driven, like ghosts from at enchanter fleeing"
2. 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, 3."I would ne'er have striven as thus with thee in prayer in my sore need." 4."Be thou me, impetuous one! Drive my dead toughts over the universe like withered leaves to quicken a new birth!"
Could you tell me the meaning of those sentences above. Thank
Ode ON A DRECIAN URN 1."Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter; therefore , ye soft pipes, play on; Not to the sesual ear, but, more endear'd pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone" 2.Ah, happy, happy boughts! that cannot shed your leaves, nor ever bid the soring adieu; And, happy melodist, unearied, for ever piping songs for ever new.
O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being, Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead are driven, like ghosts from at enchanter fleeing"
The windis perhaps like a magical dragon, an entity with power and presence. The dragon’s breath has physical effect and magical effect too. The relationship between poet and ‘dragon’ becomes much more intimate during the poem. I’m using ‘d
Please post again if you can’t bring up the web page I’ve pointed to. Do you feel that you have enough time to search the net? When I hunt around for information about po