A prominent artistic feature of ode to the west wind is its rigorous structure, distinct levels and concentrated theme. Ode to the west wind is an artistic treasure in the history of European poetry. The whole poem consists of five sonnets. Formally, the five articles are complete and can be written independently. From the content point of view, they are integrated and run through a central idea. The first section describes that the west wind swept away the residual leaves in the forest and blew up the seeds of life. The second section describes the west wind stirring the thick clouds and dense fog in the sky, calling for the arrival of heavy rain and lightning. The third section describes the turbulent waves of the sea caused by the west wind, which destroyed the flowering trees on the seabed. Three verses and three artistic conceptions, the wings of the poet's imagination fly between the Woods, the sky and the sea, between reality and ideal, with vivid images and rich imagination, but there is only one central idea, that is, singing the west wind to sweep away decay and stimulate new life. Since the fourth season, the scenery description has turned to lyricism, and the momentum of describing the west wind has turned to expressing the poet's mind, expressing the poet's love and yearning for the west wind, reaching the realm of scene blending, and the main purpose is still to praise the west wind.
Shelley is good at combining subjective thoughts and feelings with natural scenery perfectly, singing the west wind and the revolutionary storm sweeping Europe at the same time. The west wind he sang swept away the residual leaves with great strength, stirred up the "thick clouds and dense fog", awakened the sleeping vast sea, and made the clusters of Jyukai flowers hidden in the depths of the sea floor "tremble with fear and wither in succession". He sang that the revolutionary movement is sweeping away all the dark reactionary forces in the old world with overwhelming force and thunderous force. This is a vivid portrayal of the revolutionary situation in Europe at that time. The poet sees that, on the one hand, the revolution is sweeping away corruption and ruthlessly destroying the old world; On the other hand, it is to "inspire new students" and actively create a beautiful new world. While singing the west wind, he is also inspiring and urging himself. Shelley is a passionate and romantic poet and a brave revolutionary soldier. He took poetry as a weapon, actively participated in the revolutionary movement, experienced failures and setbacks, but always maintained a high morale.
Ode to the west wind uses symbolism, and the poet writes the image of the west wind with beautiful and energetic imagination. The majestic poem and strong passion show people the image of the fierce west wind, eager to sweep away the old world and create a new world. The strange and vivid metaphors in the poem, the decay of dead leaves, the crazy girl's hair, the black rain and the dark world all deeply shocked people's hearts.
Shelley is singing West Wind. He sang that the west wind swept away the residual leaves with great strength and ruthlessly swept away "a large group of people who died of the plague in black, red, lead gray or sallow"; He sang that the west wind "set off a torrent in a turbulent space", stirred up "thick clouds and dense fog", called "electric fire, hail and black rain" and "sang an elegy for this dying year". Shelley sang about the west wind and the revolutionary storm that swept across Europe. The revolutionary movement was surging, the crown fell to the ground with the wind, and groups of monsters fled at the wind, which was a vivid portrayal of the European revolutionary situation at that time.
Shelley is singing West Wind. He sang "Zephyr is both a destroyer and a protector". He sang that the west wind not only swept away the broken branches and leaves, but also "sent flying seeds to their winter beds". Next spring, when Xifeng's younger sister, Dongfeng, comes to the earth, it will "bud and spit fragrance" and "blossom colorful flowers all over the mountains", and a new world with bright spring will appear. Shelley is singing the west wind and revolution at the same time. Unlike those bourgeois mortals, he did not simply regard revolution as a negative destructive force. Although Shelley's understanding of the new world is still vague, it is impossible to break through the level of utopian socialism.
Shelley is singing West Wind. But he is not a singer who looks on coldly. He has a strong love and yearning for the west wind. He used the west wind as a metaphor. The west wind is his soul and body, and the poet and the west wind are one.
When Shelley sang the west wind, she also encouraged and urged herself. In his early years, he went to Ireland to participate in the national liberation struggle. After returning to Britain, he continued to attack tyranny, advocate revolution, sympathize with and support the workers' movement. So he was persecuted by the reactionary bourgeois government and had to leave the motherland angrily. During his stay in Italy, he kept close contact with Italian "Charcoal Party" and Greek revolutionaries, sympathized with and supported their revolutionary activities. Ode to the west wind created Shelley's bumpy life path, poured Shelley's resentment against the reactionary rulers, filled with Shelley's indomitable fighting spirit and expressed Shelley's strong desire to join the revolution.
The meter of this poem is a mixture of Dante's Divine Comedy and Terze Rima used in Shakespeare's The Sonnets. In terms of rhythm, ode to the west wind is composed of five sonnets, mainly iambic pentameter, arranged across lines and sections, with beautiful rhythm, complete meter and clear structure, which is suitable for unrestrained romantic poetry style and generous and sad revolutionary spirit. In the first four verses, the first rhyme of the next verse is the second rhyme of the previous verse, although the structure of the last verse is still 12-2. It consists of four three-line stanzas and one two-line stanzas, and its rhyme is ababcbcdcdedee. Each section is related to each other in grammatical structure. Mixed into one, it shows readers the endless west wind. Finally, the perspective of the heroic double-row composed of rhymes shows Shelley's admiration for the power of the west wind to destroy the old world and his expectation for a better future. In addition, all parts of the poem "Oh, listen" and repeat singing. Make the work show a sense of beating rhythm and rhythm.
The whole poem revolves around the west wind in autumn from beginning to end. No matter whether it is writing scenery or expressing emotion, it has not divorced from this specific description object, and has not used a political term and revolutionary slogan. Shelley sang the west wind, but it wasn't exactly the west wind. In essence, poets sing revolution by singing the west wind. West wind, residual leaves, seeds, floating clouds, thunder and lightning, waves, flowers and trees on the seabed, etc. Poems are only symbolic things, and they contain profound meanings. The moving scenery of nature is a symbolic reflection of the booming revolutionary struggle in the world. In this sense, ode to the west wind is not a landscape poem, but a political lyric poem. Although there is no direct description of the revolution, the whole poem reflects the revolution. In particular, the well-known poem at the end not only summarizes natural phenomena, but also profoundly reveals the historical laws of human society and points out the bright future of the revolutionary struggle after difficulties and twists, with far-reaching implications and endless aftertaste.