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ODE TO THE WEST WIND PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

ODE TO THE WEST WIND PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY. AN ODE. A BEAUTIFUL ROMANTIC POEM. FIRST STANZA. SUDDEN GUSH OF THE WIND DRIVES LEAVES OF EVERY KIND SEEDS ARE CARRIED EVERYWHERE SEEDS BRING LIFE,NEW HOPE “DESTROYER AND PRESERVER” IS THE WIND. SECOND STANZA. APPEARANCE OF VERY DARK CLOUDS

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ODE TO THE WEST WIND PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

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  1. ODE TO THE WEST WINDPERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

  2. AN ODE

  3. A BEAUTIFUL ROMANTIC POEM

  4. FIRST STANZA • SUDDEN GUSH OF THE WIND • DRIVES LEAVES OF EVERY KIND • SEEDS ARE CARRIED EVERYWHERE • SEEDS BRING LIFE,NEW HOPE • “DESTROYER AND PRESERVER” IS THE WIND

  5. SECOND STANZA • APPEARANCE OF VERY DARK CLOUDS • CLOUDS ARE COMPARED TO LONG HAIRED MESSENGERS • WINDS BRING CLOUDS AND CLOUDS BRING RAINS AND THUNDERCLAPS • THERE WILL BE A NEW BEGINNING

  6. THIRD STANZA • ANOTHER WONDERFUL STANZA • THE MIGHTY WIND WAS SLEEPING FAR AWAY • IT WAS WITNESSING THINGS • ITS DISLOCATION ONLY UPSET CERTAIN FOLIAGE BENEATH THE OCEAN • THE ATLANTIC MAKES WAY FOR HER • POET ASKS EVERYONE TO LISTEN

  7. FOURTH STANZA • THE POET IS RESTLESS • CRAVES FOR THE WIND’S COMPANIONSHIP • LONGS HELPLESSLY TO BREAK AWAY FROM EVERY BONDAGE • THIS STANZA IS THE CORE OF THE POEM

  8. FIFTH STANZA • ANOTHER PASSIONATE STANZA OF YEARNING • SHELLEY’S CRY TO MERGE WITH THE WEST WIND • LIKE DEAD LEAVES MAY ALL DEAD AND ROTTEN ELEMENTS BE DRIVEN AWAY FROM HIM • LAST TWO MAGNIFICENT LINES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE

  9. THE MOST MEMORABLE LINE OF THE POEM If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?

  10. THANKS

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