雪莱诗歌赏析.pptVIP

Percy Bysshe Shelley;Percy Bysshe Shelley;Shelley;Shelley;Background of On the west wind;On the west wind-stanza 1;In this first stanzas of the poem, the speaker begins to define the domains and the powers of the West wind. It describes the wind’s effects on the land. The autumn breezes scatter dead leaves and seeds on the forest soil, where they eventually fertilize the earth and take root as new growth. It seems that the wind is both destroyer and preserver, it ensure the cycle regulation of the season. This stanzas implies an inspring spiritual power that moves everywhere, and effects everthing.;Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is: What if my leaves are falling like its own! The tumult of thy mighty harmonies Will take from both a deep, autumnal tone, Sweet though in sadness. Be thou, Spirit fierce, My spirit! Be thou me, impetuous one! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like witherd leaves to quicken a new birth! And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from an unextinguishd hearth Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind! Be through my lips to unawakend earth The trumpet of a prophecy! Oh Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? ;Analysis: stanza 5;This poem is a mixture of death and rebirth. In the first stanza, the dynamic force of the west wind is mainfested in its power on the land and in the sea in different seasons. It is both the destroyer and the preserver. It will destroyed the old world and will reborn the new one. Finally, in the last stanza the writer said the wind is the change and inspiration, to reinvigorate him and to give force and persuasivenss to his poetry;Conclusion;