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PercyByssheShelleyByGrace(MaHuishan)CLASS:126No.1218100176OnthewestwindPercyByssheShelleyAnalysisConclusionIntroductionShelleyPercyByssheShelly(4Agust1792-8July1822)wasoneofthemarjorEngishRomanticpoetsandiscriticallyregardedamongthebestlyricpoets(抒情詩(shī)人)intheEnglishlanguage.HeisfamousforOdetotheWestWind,QueenMab<麥布女王>,Toaskylak,longpoemPrometheusUnbound<解放的普羅修斯>,TheRevoitof<伊斯蘭的反叛>,andsoon

ShelleyBeforeShellyis18,hehadwrittentworomancesandpublishedacollectionofpoemsinwhichheglorifiedfreedom,exposedtyrannyandexpressedhissympathyfortheopressed.TheearlythreedecadesofShelley’slifeinthe19thcenturywastheflourishingageoftheEuropeanBourgeoisRevolutionandthenationalliberationmovement.HewasoneoftheaggressivebannersandproductsofthesemovementsbyhisworksandpoemsBackgroundofOnthewestwindThepoemwascomposedin1819whenEnglandlabormovementandtherevolutionarymovementsurged.Tofightforthelabors’right,Britishworkingclassbegantostrugglewiththebourgeoisie.AtAgustofthatyear,80,000workersinManchesterheldamassivedemostration(示威).Ofcourse,thereactionaryauthoritieshaddispatchedtroopstosuppress,andShelleywasinfavorofBritishrevolution,sohewasexpelledfromtheUnitedKingdomandwrotethispoem.Onthewestwind-stanza1

OwildWestWind,thoubreathofAutumn’sbeingThoufromwhoseunseenpresencetheleavesdeadAredrivenlikeghostfromanenchanterfleetingYellow,andblack,andpale,andhecticred,Pestilence-strickenmultitudes!Othou(你)WhochariotesttotheirdarkwintrybendThewingedseeds,wheretheyliecoldandlow,Eachlikeacorpsewithinitsgrave,untilThineazuresisiteroftheSpringshallblowInthisfirststanzasofthepoem,thespeakerbeginstodefinethedomainsandthepowersoftheWestwind.Itdescribesthewind’seffectsontheland.Theautumnbreezesscatterdeadleavesandseedsontheforestsoil,wheretheyeventuallyfertilizetheearthandtakerootasnewgrowth.Itseemsthatthewindisbothdestroyerandpreserver,itensurethecycleregulationoftheseason.Thisstanzasimpliesaninspringspiritualpowerthatmoveseverywhere,andeffectseverthing.Analysis:stanza1Makemethylyre,evenastheforestis:Whatifmyleavesarefallinglikeitsown!ThetumultofthymightyharmoniesWilltakefrombothadeep,autumnaltone,Sweetthoughinsadness.Bethou,Spiritfierce,Myspirit!Bethoume,impetuousone!DrivemydeadthoughtsovertheuniverseLikewither'dleavestoquickenanewbirth!And,bytheincantationofthisverse,Scatter,asfromanunextinguish'dhearthAshesandsparks,mywordsamongmankind!Bethroughmylipstounawaken'dearthThetrumpetofaprophecy!OhWind,IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?Onthewestwind-Stanza5Analysis:stanza5Stanza5istheexplanationofwhythewestwindisbeinginvoked(請(qǐng)求),stanza5istheprayeritself.Therequestsofthespeakerseemtogatherspeedmuchasthewinddoes;Itwasbeginsbyaskingtobemovedbythewind,andhesoonbecomeonewiththispower.Asabreezemightigniteaglowingcoal,thespeakerasksforthewindtobreathenewlifeintohimandhispoeticart.Whithislastquestion,thepoetremindthareadersthatchangeisonthehorizon,beitpersonalornatural,artisticorpoliticalThispoemisamixtureofdeathandrebirth.Inthefirststanza,thedynamicforceofthewestwindismainfestedinitspoweronthelandandintheseaindifferentseasons.Itisboththedestroyerandthepreserver.Itwilldestroyedtheoldworldandwillrebornthenewone.Finally,inthelaststanzathewritersaidthewindisthechangeandinspiration,toreinvigoratehimandtogiveforceandpersuasivensstohispoetryConclusionShelley,asafighter,heisundaunted(頑強(qiáng))byrepeatedsetbackandinfaceofhumiliationandcontempt,heremainsoptimisticandintrepid;asapoet,hewritesbyhisownlightandpoursouthisheart.AndOnth