Powerpoint about ode to the westwind

1. Ode to the West Wind
- Percy Bysshe Shelley

2. Romantic Poet P. B. Shelley
• Born on 4 August 1792—the year of the Terror in France—
Percy Bysshe Shelley was the son of Timothy and Elizabeth
Shelley.
• Prometheus unbound -1820
• classic anthology verse works:
Ode to the West Wind
The Masque of Anarchy

3. What is a poem?
• A poem is a piece of writing in which the words are
chosen for their beauty and sound and are carefully
arranged, often in short lines which rhyme.

4. What is a ode?
• A lyric poem, typically one in the form of an address to a
particular subject, written in varied or irregular metre.

5. ODE TO THE WEST WIND
• Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote "Ode
to the West Wind" in 1819.
• As a political, religious, and
literary radical, Shelley was
heavily invested in his own
ability to influence society.
• Some poets need solitude and
privacy and a retreat in the
woods to do their best work, but
Shelley needed stimulating
arguments and social action.

6. Introduction of the poem
• "Ode to the West Wind" is one of the poems in which he
considers the role and power of the poet or philosopher to
spread new ideas and effect change.
• Its brevity, smooth tone, and straightforward use of natural
imagery present his abstract ideas about philosophy and
poetry in a compact way.

7. • The speaker of the poem appeals to the West Wind to infuse
him with a new spirit and a new power to spread his ideas.
• In order to invoke the West Wind, he lists a series of things
the wind has done that illustrate its power: driving away the
autumn leaves, placing seeds in the earth, bringing
thunderstorms and the cyclical "death" of the natural world,
and stirring up the seas and oceans.

8. • He speaker wishes that the wind could affect him the way
it does leaves and clouds and waves.
• Because it can’t, he asks the wind to play him like an
instrument, bringing out his sadness in its own musical
lament.
• Maybe the wind can even help him to send his ideas all
over the world; even if they’re not powerful in their own
right, his ideas might inspire others.
• The sad music that the wind will play on him will become a
prophecy. The West Wind of autumn brings on a cold,
barren period of winter.

9. • Symbols: The West Wind. Dead Leaves, Funeral song
• Form of the poem: Ode, Terza rima
• Themes: Man and the Natural World,
Transformation,
Morality.
•Mortality
•Language and Communication

10. Message of the Poem
• Shelley prays the west wind to spread his words among
mankind, like the ashes and sparks from a hearth where the
fire has not died out. likewise the worst days will be
followed by happy days.

11. Autobiographical touch
• The poet preserved the dreams and ideals of his
boyhood. It seemed possible to sweep over heaven
as the companion of the wild west wind.

12. Thank you