Question

summery of lesson ode to the west wind

Answer 1

The poem “Ode to the West Wind” is an appeal of the poet/speaker to the West Wind. The speaker seems to admire the powers of the wind, whom he sees as an almighty “destroyer and preserver” (l. 14). For the speaker, the wind’s powers seem to originate from “Heaven and Ocean” (l. 17). The wind can drive leaves away; it can plant seeds or bring forceful rains. At the same time, the wind can bring about the force of the seas and instil fear.
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Composition

To have a better grasp of “Ode to the West Wind”, we must deal with both its outer composition (stanzas, verses, graphical expression) and inner composition (beginning, subdivision, course).

Outer composition

The poem “Ode to the West Wind” is structured into five sections written in terza rima. Each of the five sections of the poem is composed of four tercets and a couplet.
Terza rima was a technique which became famous after it was used in Dante’s “The Divine Comedy”. This means that lines are structured in groups of three; the middle line of one set becomes the outside rhyme of the following set.
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Inner composition

Overall, the poem is, as the title indicates, an ode of the poet/speaker to the West Wind. The West Wind symbolises the approach of winter and, implicitly, the approach of a period of cold and darkness. Each of the five sections of the poem presents a particular aspect of the West Wind and a way in which it impresses the speaker.
In section 1, the speaker makes an appeal to the West Wind, but no demand is yet to be made.
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