ople should adopt fight against their oppressors and exploiters.
1819 Ode to the West Wind [P211]
1. It's a symbolic poem. West wind refers to a powerful phenomenon of nature. West Wind is either a destroyer （of the old world） or a preserver （of the new things）
2. In the poem， Shelley eulogizes west wind enjoy the boundless freedom.
3. West wind is a messenger， to spread revolutionary message far and wide.
4. The dominant mood of this poem is hope —— Shelley's hope for freedom.
5. The poem was written in terza rima . Terza refers to 3 line groups， each terza has 3 lines. Rima： regular rhyme scheme， e.g. aba bcb cdc ded ee.
The structure of Ode to the West Wind
Part 1 to show the power of west wind over the earth， esp. leaves
Part 2 to show the power of west wind over the sky， esp. clouds.
Part 3 to show the power of west wind over the sea， esp. waves.
Part 4 and 5 to reviews the relationship between the poet and the wind.
Part 5 the west wind is regarded as a messenger that spread message.
The importance of Shelley
Shelley is a revolutionary poet. Shelley is one of the leading Romantic poets， an intense and original lyrical poet in the English language.
Jane Austen （1775-1817）
1775 She was born in a Christian family. Her father was a clergyman. She was educated at home and read a lot of books by herself. Her sister and her had never married all life. Jane lived a quite and comfortable life.
She started writing in early life. At her time， women was discriminated and not allowed to publish books. Many women writer published book with pseudonyms.
Jane Austen is a great English novelist. Her most important works are Emma and Pride and Prejudice. The theme of her novels is love and marriage. However， her writing sphere is narrow.
Jane's major works：
1811 Sense and Sensibility
1813 Pride and Prejudice
1814 Mansfield Park
1815 Emma
1818 Northanger Abbey
1818 Persuasion
Emma
Emma is the titular heroine. She leads a very comfortable life. She has nothing to do but binding couples. She has a good girlfriend. But whenever the girlfriend finds a boyfriend， Emma would break them down. Mr. Knight loves Emma， but Emma is too careless to notice the love. In the end， Emma marries Knight. It's a novel with a happy ending.
In this novel， Jane Austen expressed that love is not as easy as Emma thinks. Emma learns to love.
Pride and Prejudice.
The Bennets has 5 daughters. Jane， Elizabeth and Lydia all at the marriageable age. Mrs. Bennet tries to find rich and handsome young men for her daughters to be husbands.
Bingley marries Jane. Darcy marries Elizabeth. Darcy represents Pride. Elizabeth represents Prejudice.
Lydia marries Wilkman who is not serious about marriage and poor in money.
It's a novel with a happy ending.
Themes of Pride and Prejudice
1. Pride and prejudice |
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