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Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind" appears more complex at first than it really is because the poem is structured much like a long, complex sentence in which the main clause does not appear until the last of five fourteen line sections.
The poem's main idea is held in suspension for 56 lines before the reader sees exactly what Shelley is saying to the west wind, and why he's saying it. In the first four sections Shelley addresses the west wind in three different ways, each one evoking the wind's power and beauty. And each section ends with Shelley asking the West Wind to "hear, oh hear!" The reader's curiosity is therefore both aroused and suspended, because we know the west wind is supposed to "hear" something, but we aren't told what the wind is suposed to hear or is supposed to do.
So we want to read on...
As you know an ode is a story poem. What makes a "good" story is that the reader is inspired to continue reading.

2006-08-09 04:11:50 · answer #1 · answered by Angela 7 · 0 0

too many questions. would be helpful if you gave the stanza!!

2016-03-27 05:11:26 · answer #2 · answered by Megan 4 · 0 0

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