Ode to the West Wind

Versions of
Ode to the West Wind (1820)
by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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ode, written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1819 in Cascine wood near Florence, Italy. It was originally published in 1820 by Charles in London as part of the collection Prometheus Unbound, A Lyrical Drama in Four Acts, With Other Poems. Perhaps more than anything else, Shelley wanted his message of reform and revolution spread, and the wind becomes the trope for spreading the word of change through the poet-prophet figure.

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Versions of Ode to the West Wind include:

"Ode to the West Wind", in Prometheus Unbound; a lyrical drama in four acts with other poems (1820), by Percy Bysshe Shelley
"Ode to the West Wind", in The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (1914)
"Ode to the West Wind" in the Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900 (1931), edited by Arthur Quiller-Couch
"Ode to the West Wind" in the Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918 (1940), edited by Arthur Quiller-Couch