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Essay Archive - Shelley's "Ode To the West Wind": Analysis
Shelley's "Ode To the West Wind": Analysis
In "Ode to the West Wind," Percy Bysshe Shelley tries to gain
transcendence, for he shows that his thoughts, like the "winged seeds" (7)
are trapped. The West Wind acts as a driving force for change and
rejuvenation in the human and natural world. Shelley views winter not just
as last phase of vegetation but as the last phase of life in the individual,
the imagination, civilization and religion. Being set in Autumn, Shelley
observes the changing of the weather and its effects on the internal and
external environment. By examini....
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