Thegrandemotionof“Odetothewestwind”

LiZhijun

【Abstract】The imagine of Shelleys “Ode to the west wind” vividly represent manly beauty. Reading this poem， we feel a vast boundless and grand emotional world.

【Key words】idea； boundless； vigour； artistic conception

I. An analysis of three main artifices

ⅰ. Lofty idea and boundless vigor

“Poem represents will”. Poet's excellent idea， grand spirit， its surface form is inevitably the majestic and intense， great and boundless.

In the first chapter， the poet utilizes big style of writing， described the west winds power which could shake the universe by the incomparable imposing vigour .She is the destroyer， crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood by its swift and violent potential， sweeps away all draff and left over evil. Everywhere the west wind reached， “Thou， from whose unseen presence the leaves dead Are driven， like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing Yellow， and black， and pale， and hectic red Pestilence-stricken multitudes” She also is the protector， blows the seed broadcasts， once “Thine azure sister of the Spring shall blow... With living hues and odours plain and hill”. In the second chapter， the poet described the west wind in sky invincible might： She shakes earth， surges the expansive sky， drives away thunder ，lightning， even rain and hail. But in the third chapter， while flaunting the prestige the sea， the poet then has served as contrast the west wind strength by Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic.Overthrow the old world， establish the new world， replace severe despotic tyrannic winter by the world spring， this is Shelley's noble ideal， the great mind， Shelley hope for freedom in his whole life， he had the rebellious spirit， his poem has filled the despotic tyrannic protest， heartlessly exposed all sorts of evils of capitalism， he displayed the deep love and the pursue to freedom， yearning for to ideal society. In Premethens Unbound， the poet straight expressed the feelings.

ⅱ. Free and natural envision and grandiose artistic conception

“Ode to the west wind” begins with the wind， the cloud， the thunder， the electricity and the drizzle hail. The stage for these natural objects activities are the boundless sky， vast oceans. According to the record， this poem accomplished in 1819s fall， in Italy's Florence. Once a day， with a storm， the poet wrote down this poem with his feeling. But the nature in the poem， the description actually above the naturalness. The poet utilizes his richly unusual imagination， with these natural elements， composed to a world full-filled manly beauty.

Utilizes the unusual imagination， to the utmost the nature rhyme manly beauty， subsequently enters the spiritual the condensation， then the demonstration is the poet great mind， has opened up the nature description ideal condition， this is on the one hand of “Ode to the west wind”s manly beauty.

ⅲ. refined style of writing and supernatural technique

In choosing words， the poet selected these to be able to cause intense visual，blow，fill，moving，（are）shed，shook（=shaken），burst，waken，quivering， c1eave， tremble， despoil， fly， pant， 1ift， fall， quicken， scatter and so on， not only the verb so， the adjective （or acted as adjective participle） also to produce the similar results，like wild， winged，steep，loose，tangled，fierce，approaching，vast， congregated， solid， swift， uncontro11able，impetuous and so on， was precisely as a result of these verbs and the adjective use. Enable in the poem these to have originally the intense person or household who refuses to move and bargains for unreasonably high compensation when the land is requisitioned for a construction project and the strength implication image （for example wind， cloud， 1ightning， storm， sea，vain， hail）.Therefore in this line has used [ ki ]， [ k ] （cleave themselves into chasms） and so on is loud， not the harmonious sound.

In first two lines， as a result of monosyllable note word many， between word and word sound concordance high， rhythm anxious but bold， is consistent with the mighty waves tumbling， “pant”， “power”， “impulse”， “strength” and so on several important words， display the wave from the person or household who refuses to move and bargains for unreasonably high compensation when the land is requisitioned for a construction project and the strength.

II. Conclusion

The entire poem structure， word choosing， the rhetoric technique utilization， the rhythm and the acoustic reasonable arrangement， all by different increased and strengthens the entire poem male wonderful to be beautiful.

“Ode to the west wind” is attracting a generation of successor by its profound ideological content and male wonderful artistic beauty， And inspires and drove the people for establish a happy new world but to struggle， but its author then forever will take a young soldier， “genuine revolutionary”， “Socialism vanguard” （Marx） but manner engraved inscription.