Original poem
If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
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.
Brief introduction of the author
Percy bysshe shelley (1792— 1822) is one of the most talented lyric poets in Britain.
He is a Platonist and a great idealist. His poems are clear in rhythm, vigorous and progressive, and free in style. From 18 18 to 18 19, Shelley completed two important long poems: Prometheus Emancipated and Thousand Wonders, and the immortal ode to the west wind. 182 1 June, Shelley wrote the famous Adoni to express his mourning for Keats.
His works fully show his versatility and superb skills. In addition to expressing the theme of resisting tyranny, pursuing freedom and establishing a new order, Shelley also wrote many lyric poems, most of which are love poems. His imagination is free, and he has a precise grasp of color, sound, rhythm and its beauty, which is praised by people.