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Allegory and Symbolism in. Jake M. Arbutante Reaction Paper # 02 IV- Pasteur
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Jake M. Arbutante Reaction Paper # 02
IV- Pasteur September 14, 2007
Allegory and Symbolism in
Percy Shelley's
"Ode to the West Wind"
The Allegories and Symbolisms in the "Ode to the West Wind"
1st Stanza
Wild west wind...: Here the tone seems to be very calming, because the wind was described as "wild", this also gives the positive meaning to the poem.
Unseen presence the leaves dead
: When I've read this line, the idea of negativism came into my mind. When you rearranged the word, leaves dead', you would come up to the term "dead leaves". The sentence goes on and makes these dead' leaves live again as ghosts' that flee from something that panics them.
Pestilence-stricken multitudes
: This pestilence where described as yellow (symbolizes the color of the skin of a sick man), black (this may symbolize death), pale (totl contradiction to the color black, but fro me this symbolizes, sadness) hectic red (this may symbolize. blood)
The next lines all describes death, they describe death as winged seeds which lie cold and low in the wintry bed like a corpse within its grave. In the first line, the author use the phrase "winged seeds" which presents images of flying and freedom. The only problem is that they lay "cold and low". The important word is "seeds" for it shows that even in death, new life will grow out of the "grave." The phrase "winged seeds" also brings images of religions, angels, and/or souls that continue to create new life.
Azure sister of the spring
: This is where hope comes in, when the east wind comes; the seed will now be rejuvenated, or will create new life.
Destroyer and preserver
: The west wind is considered the Destroyer' because it gets hold of the last signs of life from the trees. He is also considered the Preserver' for scattering the seeds which will come to life in the...
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