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changes in the

In "Ode to the West Wind," as important to the attribute

in the West Wind are the attributes and changes in the

speaker himself. In an essay, discuss the method and purpose by which the speaker addresses the Wind. Examine the problems

and questions arising from the relationship between the Wind and the speaker, as well as the effect the West Wind ultimately has

on him. Cite examples from the poem to support your ideas.

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The structure of the poem "Ode to the West Wind" is complex and poem ends with a rhetorical question.

Explanation:

"Ode to the West Wind" by "Percy Bysshe Shelley" is a sonnet where the poet uses personification. He addresses the wind as a detached character of the power that is unseen behind Nature. The poet tries to make a personal relationship with it.

In the beginning it addresses wild west wind and appreciates its irresistible power and the way it effects on all the things in nature. He mentions that wind changes the clouds in the air, sea waves and even leaves in the forest, in the lines "lift [me] as a wave, a leaf, a cloud".

Shelley calls the cold, wild wind as both destroyer as well as preserver. And he calls the wind of spring as warm which brings a new life.

At the end, Shelley writes a note of hope that though death occurs in winters, it is followed by new life every spring. He wants to make a intimate and symbolic relation with the wild wind as he says in the lines "Make me thy lyre".