西风颂 英文赏析

Ode to the West WindThe poem is written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1819 and this poem most representative of Shelley‟s feelings and thoughts at the time. The poem expresses the hope that its words will inspire and influence those who read or hear it. He is the famous British democracy poet, and the poem was written in the year when he was living in Italian. It conveyed the spirit of the times. The poet came up with the thought when he is walking in a forest and a strong storm seemed to come soon. And the storm came together with wind and hails. In such weather Shelley thought of many things of the society. Under this atmosphere he wrote the poem “Ode to the West Wind”. The poem is the most classical works of Shelley.In the poem, Shelley tries to show his wishes for transcendence, by explaining that his thoughts and ideas, like the 'winged seeds' are trapped. The West Wind acts as a force for change and forward movement in the human and natural world.I believe that anyone who read the poem will be inspired an influenced by it. As Shelley wanted the belief of reform and revolution to be heared, the wind became the horn to call people to fight for their freedom.Shelley sees winter not just as the last season of vegetation but as the last period of life. Shelley witnessed the changing of the weather from autumn to winter and its effects on the environment. Shelley is trying to show that a man’s ideas can spread and live on beyond his lifetime byhaving the wind carry his 'dead thoughts' which through destruction, will lead to a rebirth in the imagination, and in the natural world.Shelley begins his poem by addressing the 'Wild West Wind'. He then introduces the theme of death and compares the dead leaves to 'ghosts'. The imagery of 'Pestilence-stricken multitudes' makes the reader aware that Shelley is addressing more than a pile of leaves. His claustrophobic mood is shown when he talks about the 'wintry bed' and 'The winged seeds, where they lie cold and low. Each likes a corpse within its grave, until. Thane azure sister of the spring shall blow'. In the first line, Shelley used the phrase 'winged seeds' which presents I.What‟s more, the 'closing night' is used also to mean the final night. The 'pumice' shows destruction and creation because when the volcano erupts it destroys. This acts as an introduction and a foreshadow of what is to come later. …Also helps the reader prepare for the climax which Shelley intended. It seems that it is only in his death that the 'Wild Spirit' could be lifted 'as a wave, a leaf, a cloud' to blow free in the 'Wild West Wind'. He writes like a mourning song 'of the dying year, to which this closing night. Will be the dome of a vast sepulcher, V aulted with all they congregated might'. Percy sees his ‘dome’as a volcano and when the 'dome' does 'burst,' it will act as a 'Destroyer and Preserver' and creator. In 'Ode to the West Wind,' Shelley uses the wind to represent driving change and a carrier for his ideas.Meanwhile the poem is also a lyric poem which the poet use many symbols to express his belief. It addresses the west wind as a powerful force and asks it to scatter the poet's words throughout the world. In 'Ode to the West Wind,' Shelley uses the wind to represent driving change and a carrier for his ideas.The poem consists of five cantos and it can be divided in two parts: the first three cantos and the last two cantos .The three can to sdescribing the wind's effects upon earth, air, and ocean. The last two cantos are Shelley speaking directly to the wind, asking for its power, to lift him like a leaf, a cloud or a wave and make him its companion in its wanderings.The first stanza begins with the alliteration…wild West Wind’. The form of the apostrophe makes the wind also a personification. However, one must not think of this …Ode’s an optimistic praise of the wind; it is clearly associated with autumn.The second canto of the poem is much more fluid than the first one. Shelley also mentions that when the West Wind blows, it seems to be singing a funeral song about the year coming to an end and that the sky covered with a dome of clouds looks like a 'sepulcher' i.e. a burial chamber or grave for the dying year or the year which is coming to an end. Shelley in this canto “expands his vision from the earthly scene with the leaves before him to take in the vaster commotion of the skies”.It appears as if the third canto shows that in comparison with the previouscantos, a turning-point. Whereas Shelley had accepted death and changes in life in the first and second canto, he now turns to “wistful reminiscence, an alternative possibility of transcendence”.At the end of the canto the poet tells us that …a heavy weight of hours has chains and bow’s‟. This may be a reference to the years that have passed and …chained and bowed‟, the hope of the people who fought for freedom and were literally imprisoned. With this knowledge, the West Wind becomes a different meaning. The wind is the …uncontrollable‟ who is …timeless‟.Of course, the wind is very important in this last canto. At the beginning of the poem the …wind‟ was only capable of blowing the leaves from the trees. In the previous canto the poet identified himself with the leaves. In this canto the …wind’s now capable of using both of these things mentioned before.This poem is a highly controlled text about the role of the poet as the agent of political and moral change.I think it‟s a very great poem. The poet expressed his view of the revolution by praise the west wind. The poem is to express revolutionary enthusiasm and victory faith. I can‟t understand the poem much clearly through i have read the poem many times. So I read some document literature about the poem and the background about the poet. I believe the poem is worth reading many times.。

the tumult of thy mighty harmonies
你那非凡和谐的 慷慨激越之情
will take from both a deep autumnal tone
定能从森林和我同 奏出深沉的秋乐
sweet though in sadness be thou spirit fierce
悲怆但又甘冽 但 愿你勇猛的精灵
my spirit be thou me impetious one
竟是我的魂魄 我能 成为肆虐的你
drive my dead thoughts over the universe
请把我枯萎的思绪 传播宇宙
like withered leaves to quicken a new birth
如果冬天来了 春天还会晚吗
Ode to the West Wind
Shelly
江西师范大学 初教学院 制作人：Cassie
西风颂 雪莱
Make me thy lyer even as the forest is
像你以森林演奏 请也以我为琴
What if my leaves are falling like its own
哪怕我的叶片也像 森林一样的凋谢
就像从未灭的余烬 飏出炉灰和火星
be through my lips to an un-awakened earth
Байду номын сангаас
通过我的嘴唇向 沉睡未醒的人境
the trumpet of a prophecy oh wind
让预言的号角奏鸣啊 风啊
if winter comes can spring be far behind
就像你驱遣落叶 催促新的生命

经典英语诗歌：雪莱代表诗歌《西风颂》《西风颂》是雪莱“三大颂”诗歌中的一首，写于1819年。

这首诗是诗人“骄傲、轻捷而不驯的灵魂”的自白，是时代精神的写照。

诗共分5节，每节的韵脚安排是：aba，bcb，cdc，ded，ee。

这里，西风已经成了一种象征，它是一种无处不在的宇宙精神，一种打破旧世界，追求新世界的西风精神。

诗人以西风自喻，表达了自己对生活的信念和向旧世界宣战的决心。

Ode to the West Wind西风颂I 第一节O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being,Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves deadAre driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing,Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red,Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O thou,Who chariotest to their dark wintry bedThe winged seeds, where they lie cold and low, Each like a corpse within its grave, until Thine azure sister of the Spring shall blow Her clarion o'er the dreaming earth, and fill (Driving sweet buds like flocks to feed in air) With living hues and odours plain and hill: Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere;Destroyer and preserver; hear, oh hear!啊，狂野的西风，你把秋气猛吹，不露脸便将落叶一扫而空，犹如法师赶走了群鬼，赶走那黄绿红黑紫的一群，那些染上了瘟疫的魔怪——呵，你让种子长翅腾空，又落在冰冷的土壤里深埋，象尸体躺在坟墓，但一朝你那青色的东风妹妹回来，为沉睡的大地吹响银号，驱使羊群般蓓蕾把大气猛喝，就吹出遍野嫩色，处处香飘。

ODE TO THE WEST WIND西风颂I1 O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being,2 Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead3 Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing,一呵，狂野的西风，你把秋气猛吹，不露脸便将落叶一扫而空，犹如法师赶走了群鬼，4 Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red,5 Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O thou,6 Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed赶走那黄绿红黑紫的一群，那些染上了瘟疫的魔怪——呵，你让种子长翅腾空，7 The winged seeds, where they lie cold and low,8 Each like a corpse within its grave, until9 Thine azure sister of the Spring shall blow又落在冰冷的土壤里深埋，像尸体躺在坟墓，但一朝你那青色的东风妹妹回来，10 Her clarion o'er the dreaming earth, and fill11 (Driving sweet buds like flocks to feed in air)12 With living hues and odours plain and hill:为沉睡的大地吹响银号，驱使羊群般的蓓蕾把大气猛喝，就吹出遍野嫩色，处处香飘。

13 Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere;14 Destroyer and preserver; hear, oh hear!狂野的精灵！你吹遍大地山河，破坏者，保护者，听吧——听我的歌！II15 Thou on whose stream, mid the steep sky's commotion,16 Loose clouds like earth's decaying leaves are shed,17 Shook from the tangled boughs of Heaven and Ocean,二你激荡长空，乱云飞坠如落叶；你摇撼天和海，不准它们像老树缠在一堆；18 Angels of rain and lightning: there are spread19 On the blue surface of thine aëry surge,20 Like the bright hair uplifted from the head你把雨和电赶了下来，只见蓝空上你驰骋之处忽有万丈金发披开，Of some fierce Maenad, even from the dim verge22 Of the horizon to the zenith's height,23 The locks of the approaching storm. Thou dirge 像是酒神的女祭司勃然大怒，楞把她的长发遮住了半个天，将暴风雨的来临宣布。