Ode to the West Wind

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"Ode to the West Wind" is a renowned Romantic lyric poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley that invokes the power of the natural world as a force for personal and political transformation.

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Ode to the West Wind canonical 4

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instanceOf Romantic poem ⓘ
lyric poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
addressedTo west wind ⓘ
author Percy Bysshe Shelley ⓘ
canonicalStatus major work of English Romantic poetry ⓘ
centralSymbol west wind ⓘ
compositionPlace Florence ⓘ
compositionYear 1819 ⓘ
containsFamousLine If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1820 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Prometheus Unbound and Other Poems ⓘ
linked to: Prometheus Unbound
form terza rima ⓘ
genre ode ⓘ
influenced later revolutionary and political poetry ⓘ
invocationOf natural forces ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lineCount 70 ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
literaryPeriod English Romantic period ⓘ
metre iambic pentameter ⓘ
mode apostrophe ⓘ
numberOfCantos 5 ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Prometheus Unbound ⓘ
To a Skylark ⓘ
rhymeScheme terza rima with closing couplet in each section ⓘ
setting Florence ⓘ
stanzaCount 5 ⓘ
structure five sections of fourteen lines each ⓘ
studiedIn university literature curricula worldwide ⓘ
symbolizes creative energy ⓘ
destructive and regenerative power ⓘ
revolutionary change ⓘ
theme death and rebirth ⓘ
despair and hope ⓘ
personal transformation ⓘ
poetic inspiration ⓘ
political revolution ⓘ
power of nature ⓘ
tone lamenting ⓘ
prophetic ⓘ
urgent ⓘ
usesDevice alliteration ⓘ
enjambment ⓘ
metaphor ⓘ
personification ⓘ

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Percy Bysshe Shelley → notableWork → Ode to the West Wind ⓘ
Percy Bysshe Shelley → wrote → Ode to the West Wind ⓘ
Prometheus Unbound → relatedWorkByAuthor → Ode to the West Wind ⓘ
Shelley family → notableWorkByMembers → Ode to the West Wind ⓘ