Ode to the west wind 西风颂_英文读后感.doc

Ode to the west wind Ode to the west wind was an ode written by Percy Bysshe Shelley. He was an English Romantic poet who rebelled against English politics and conservative values. Shelley drew no essential distinction between poetry and politics, and his work reflected the radical ideas and revolutionary optimism of the era. Shelleys joy, his magnanimity, his faith in humanity, and his optimism are unique among the Romantics; his expression of those feelings makes him one of the early nineteenth centurys most significant writers in English. Throughout all the life of Shelly, he wrote a number of allegorical poems. They are Alastor, The Revolt of Islam, The Mask of Anarchy. He also wrote some lyrical dramas among which are Prometheus Unbound, Hlllas and The Cenci, a tragedy in verse form. His lyrics are the best known among the English poets. The most well known is the Ode To The West Wind. In the turbulent year of 1819, Shelly wrote many political lyrics. Ode To The West Wind is the most representative of Shelleys feelings and thoughts at that time. It was in the autumn of that year. He met with the storm. It was said by Shelly that the day was warm originally, but suddenly the west wind became turbulent and the sky was covered with dark clouds. At dusk, the rainstorm and hail were all over the place. So he got the inspiration from this theme and wrote this popular poem. May be due to this, his poem can be so real and grand. He related natural phenomena with the politics and his whole life. He wanted to encourage those struggles for freedom. At the same time, he expressed the hope that its words will inspire and influence those who read or hear it.He wanted his message of reform and revolution spread, and the wind became the trope for spreading the word of change through the poet-prophet figure. The poem was a lyric poem that addressed the west wind as a powerful force and asked it to scatter the poets words throughout the world.In Ode to the West Wind, Shelley us