Ode to the West Wind E-book
Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Genre: Literature, Poetry
Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822) - English poet, he was a humanist and a
Platonist who rejected all conventions which he thought stifled human
freedom. After the suicide of his estranged first wife, he eloped with Mary
Wollstonecraft (Shelley) who later wrote the classic, "Frankenstein."
Ode to the West Wind (1819) - In 1819 Shelley moved to Pisa where he
composed many of his short verses, including "Ode to the West Wind." Opening
line: O wild West Wind; thou breath of Autumn's being, ...
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