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"
OdeT
oWe stWi
nd"a
saRe vol
ut
io
nar
yPo
em
Sh
ell
eYAsaRevo
lut
io
naryPoe
t

S
hel
l
eyhadcert
ai
nn a
tural
tende
ncieswh i
chult
imat
elymadehi
mar eb
elan
dref
ormer,
ap r
ophetand
a
nide
ali
st
.Fr
omh i
sveryearl
yli
f
eh ema rke
da nantago
nis
mb e
tweenhi
msel
fan
dt h
ee s
tabl
is
hedorder
o
fso
ciet
y.Hi
ssou
lrev
olt
eda g
ains
tallf
ormso ftyr
annyandop
pres
sio
n.Hi
slo
veofl
ib
ert
ya ndhatr
edof
o
ppr
essi
ontu
rne
dh i
mintoarebel
aga i
nstal
ltheesta
bli
she
dins
ti
tu
ti
ons.

‘
Odet
otheWe s
tWind’
isanatur
epoem,wr
it
tenonthebas
isoft
heidea
lsoft
heFren
chRe v
olu
ti
on.I
n
t
hi
sOdeShel
l
eyusesanatu
ralsy
mbolasaveh
icl
eforhi
srevo
lut
i
onaryi
dea
l.T
hish
ighl
yin
tel
le
ctua
l
p
oembasedonth
ephenomenaofnat
ure
,sh
owsthatpol
i
ti
cal
,soc
ial
andmoral
rege
nerat
io
nispossi
bl
e
b
othi
nth
ea t
mosphe
reofnat
ureandint
hesoc
iet
yo fmen.

S
hel
leybel
ie
v esth
atbot
hn a
tureandtheso
ciet
yofme nar
esuf
fer
in
gfromd e
adlydi
seas
esli
kety
ran
ny,
o
ppr
essio
na ndcorr
upt
ion
,andthes
ed i
sease
sc a
nb ecur
edbyamirac
ulo
uschange,
thi
schang
ecanbe
b
rou
ghtaboutbypowerandtheWestWindhasthi
spower,
beca
useiti
sad es
tru
cti
veaswel
lasa
c
reat
iveagentofnat
ure
.Sohep a
ssio
nate
lyappeal
stoth
eWe s
tWindtoli
st
entohi
sp r
ayer
:

“
Wil
dSpi
ri
twh
icha
rtmovi
ngeve
rywher
e,
De
str
oye
randPr
eser
ver
,he
ar,
ohea
r!”

T
heWestWi
nd,
somet
imes
,re
ma i
nsasanin
acti
vefor
ceinn
atur
ebutwhe
nitbe c
omesfu
ri
ousitcan
b
ri
ngab
outat
ota
lch
angeonth
esurf
aceoftheear
th.
TheWestwi
nddri
vesthedeadan
dd e
c a
y e
d
l
eav
esl
yi
ngonth
egrou
ndint
hesamewa yasama g
ici
andr
iv
esawayghost
sb yhi
smagi
calpower
.

I
tscatt
erstheseedsf
arandne a
randc o
v e
rsthemwithdus
ts otha
ttheyarebu
ri
ed,und
ergr
ound.
The
y
re
ma i
nthereli
kedeadbod
iesinthe
irgra
v e
s ,
ti
ll
thear
riv
alofthespr
ingwhenth
eyg r
owint
opla
nts
whic
hb e
arflo
we r
sgiv
ingsweetsmell
anda tt
rac
ti
vecolo
rs.
Inthispr
ocesst
heWe s
tWindpl
aysthedu
al
ro
leofadestro
yerandpre
s e
rver,
becauseitst
oresu
pt h
ese e
d sfo
rthei
rfu
tur
eblo
ssomi
nginthe
comin
gs pr
ing.

Th
ep o
emc o
ntai
nsf
ivest
anza
s.Thefi
rs
tthr
eestanz
ascle
arl
ys ho
wtherege
ner
ati
veimpac
tofth
e
WestWin
donthe“n
atur
alwor
ld”
.I
nthefir
stst
anzath
ee f
fec
to ft
hewestwi
ndont
hes u
rf
aceofth
e
ea
rthi
sbeaut
i
ful
l
yrevea
led
.TheWe s
tWinddri
vesth
ed r
ie
da ndwit
her
edlea
ves
,whic
hsymbol
iz
ethe
di
seas
edmanki
nd.
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Ye
ll
ow,a
ndb l
ack
,andpal
e,a
ndhec
ti
cre
d,
Pest
il
ence
-st
ri
kenmul
ti
tu
des
:

Ital
sopr
e s
ervesthese
edsf
orfu
tur
ev e
geta
ti
on.Si
mil
arl
yinth
esecon
dandthi
rdst
anzasShel
l
eyh a
s
depi
ct
edtheimpactoft
heWestWin
dintheai
randona n
du n
dert
h es
ear
especti
vel
y.I
ntheai
rthe
WestWindcarr
iescl
oud
swhi
chseemtohavefal
l
enfro
mt heskyj
usta
swi
ther
edleavesfa
llf
romthe
bra
nche
so ftr
eesinAut
umn.
Thecl
oudssca
tter
edbytheWe s
tWindar
ebr
ing
ersofrai
nandli
ghtn
ing.

Thenan
otherpi
ct
urefo
ll
ows.Th
eWe stWindi
sli
keafuner
also
ngb ei
ngsun
go v
erthed ea
thofth
eyear.
Ahugetombwil
lbeer
ectedoverth
ed eadbo
dyoftheyear
.Thedark
nessoft
henightwhic
his
spr
eadi
ngoverth
ee a
rthwil
lse
rveasthedomeofthatt
omb.Thecol
l
ecti
vest
rengt
ho fth
ec l
ou
dswil
l
bethevaul
t
,orar
chedroof
,oft
hattomb.Fr
omthecl
oudsi
nthes k
ywill
fal
lr
ai
n,l
ig
htningandhai
l
sto
nes.
Thepoe
to n
ceagainca
ll
supontheWe s
tWindtol
is
tentohi
m.

ofv
apour
s,f
romwhos
esoli
datmosp
here
Bl
ackr
ain
,andfi
re,
andhai
lwi
ll
burs
t:oh
,hear
!

Thethi
rdcan
torefer
stot
heeffecto
fwe s
twin
dinthewa t
er.
Int
hethi
scanto,th
ewindbytheuseof
hi
ssupern
atu
ralpower
ssti
rsandwakeupthewate
rso fMe di
t
err
aneanSeaandthencause
sthe
Atl
ant
icOceantobrea
kin
to'c
hasms'
.Itmi
ghtbeassume dtha
tthi
sunde
rwaterandcor
rupt
edworl
d
di
stu
rbedint
hep o
e mbyth
ewe stwi
ndisame t
aphorfordis
hono
uredEngl
and,whi
chmustbeawake
n
bytheRevol
uti
on.

I
nthefourt
hstanzaoftheod
e,thepoetestabl
i
shesaconnect
io
nb e
tweenh i
msel
fandtheWe s
tWind.
Heals
or ec
all
shisboyhoo
dwhenh ewasa sswif
t,ne
rget
ic,
anduncontr
ol
la
bleastheWestWind.Bu
tnow
th
emi sf
ort
unesofli
f
eh avecr
ushedhi
m. Hewishesth
athewe r
eale a
f,acl
oud,o
rawa veofth
eo ce
an
sotha
ttheWe stWindcoul
dcarr
yh i
mo nitswin
gs.TheWestWindisunco
ntro
ll
abl
e.Th
eWe stWind
enj
oysunl
imit
edfreedom.Th
ep o
e tt
oohasas enseoffr
eedom,t
houghheisnotasfr
eeastheWe st
Wind.
T h
eu p
setsoulofth
epoetappeal
stot h
ewindtofre
eh i
mfromthebondageofth
eworld,f
romthe
shac
kleofconvent
io
n:

“
Oh!l
i
ftmeasawave
,alea
f,acl
oud!
If
al
lupo
nth
ethor
nsofl
i
fe—b l
eed
-“
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T
hethemeo fregener
ati
onentersi
ntoanewp haseinthelaststanza,
wh i
chatt
a i
nsau nivers
al
d
imensi
on.Shel
l
e ywantstoreg
e ner
ateortoref
ormt h
ewh ol
eh u
ma ni
tyoftheworl
d .
Inth i
staskof
r
efo
rmati
onh ei
n vo
k e
stherevol
uti
onar
ys p
iri
toftheWe stWin d
.HeWa n t
stheWe stWin dtobl
owo ve
r
h
im,j
ustasitbl
owso verth
eforest
,tofi
l
lhi
mwi thindo
mitablepoweran dcour
age,need edtochangethe
u
nawakenedwo r
ld.Hewantsthewindtoscat
terhisvers
e sallove
rthewo rl
dli
ke“ashe sands pa
rks”
,
s
othatth
ef i
reofrevol
uti
oncand e
stro
ytheo l
dsystemo fcorrup
ti
on,oppres
sio
na nde xplo
ita
ti
onsin
d
if
fer
entpartsoftheworl
d.Andthusanewp ro
spe r
oussoc i
etywil
lbebuil
tontheruin
so ftheold.
Jus
tas
t
hedeadleavesfor
ms oil
,ou
tofwh i
chnewv eget
atio
ng r
o ws.Shel
le
y’sfi
rma ss
erti
ono fthehopeof
r
egener
ati
onisex p
ressedcl
earl
yintheconcl
udingli
nesoftheOd e:

“0wi
nd’
I
fwi
nt
erc
ome
s,c
ansp
ri
ngbef
arb
ehi
nd?
”

Power,
humanli
mit
ati
onsandt
henat
uralwor
ldareth
ema jo
rthemesoft
hi
spoem.Th
ep o
eta
do r
esthe
powerandgra
ndeuroft
hewestwi
nd,a
nda l
sowishe
st h
atrevo
lu
ti
ona
ryide
ascou
ldrea
chever
yc o
rner
ofth
eunive
rse.“
We s
twind
”symbol
i
zesthemightypowerofn
atur
e,“
deadle
aves
”aresymb
olsof
deat
ha n
dd es
tru
cti
on,a
nd“dy
ingyear
”s y
mb o
li
zestheendofth
eseaso
n.

T
oconc
lud
e ,
wec a
ns a
ythattheWestWin
dservesf
orShel
l
eyasafi
tsymbolo
fchange
,apowert
hat
c
andest
royaswell
asprese
rveandcre
ateagai
n.I
tdes
tro
ysth
eo l
d,a
ndtheusel
ess
,andpr
eser
ves
t
hene
wa ndthegro
wing.
Throu
ghthi
spoemShel
leYco
veyshi
sid
easofrev
olu
ti
onandchan
ge.Hen
ce
S
hel
l
eycanb esu
ccess
ful
l
yc al
l
edasa'Revol
ut
io
naryPoet
'
.