The understanding and interpretation of ode to the west wind varies from person to person. Some people regard it as a political lyric poem, expressing Shelley's heroism and revolutionary enthusiasm. The west wind symbolizes a powerful revolutionary storm, which sweeps away all the old forces and spreads freedom and happiness to the whole world.
Some readers regard ode to the west wind as a lyric poem describing nature, expressing Shelley's pantheism, that is, the west wind represents nature, and nature is the embodiment of the gods.
At the end of the poem, Shelley announced loudly to the world: If winter comes, can spring be far behind? Shelley's powerful image of the west wind vividly expresses Shelley's vision of freedom and bright future and his firm belief that a new life for mankind will come. ?
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Creation background
Ode to the west wind is one of Shelley's "three great poems", written in 18 19. At that time, the workers' movements and revolutionary movements in European countries were surging. In order to fight for their right to exist, the British working class is waging a heroic struggle against the bourgeoisie, with machine destruction and strikes one after another.
18 19 In August, 80,000 workers in Manchester held a massive demonstration, and the reactionary authorities competed to send troops to brutally suppress it, creating the famous Petrou Massacre in history. Shelley, full of grief and indignation, wrote a long poem "Masked Parade Tyranny" and made a solemn protest against the bloody atrocities of the bourgeois government.
Since the collapse of Napoleon's monarchy and the restoration of Bourbon Dynasty in France, class contradictions have been extremely acute, and the broad masses of the people are brewing a revolutionary struggle against the feudal restoration forces. The disintegration of Napoleon's empire also greatly promoted the Spanish people's revolutionary movement against alien oppression and feudal autocracy.