Ode to the west wind is a poem by Shelley, an English romantic poet. The whole poem consists of five sections, which are always sung around the west wind as a symbol of revolutionary power. Ode to the west wind is one of Shelley's "three great poems", written in 18 19. At that time, the workers' movements and revolutionary movements in European countries were surging.
In order to fight for their right to exist, the British working class is waging a heroic struggle against the bourgeoisie, with machine destruction and strikes one after another. 18 19 In August, 80,000 workers in Manchester held a massive demonstration, and the reactionary authorities competed to send troops to brutally suppress it, creating the famous Petrou Massacre in history.
Literary appreciation
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. Therefore, a prominent artistic feature of ode to the west wind is its rigorous structure, distinct levels and concentrated themes.