Answer
the following questions:
1.
What
season of the year is presented in the poem?
2.
What will happen to the dormant seeds once the west wind’s
sister blows her clarion?
3.
What will happen as all the clouds are gathered by the wind? In line
23
4.
Throughout stanza II, the poet describes the approaching storm and
its elements that the west wind will bring. Describe the storm in
your own words.
5.
The blue Mediterranean lies calm all summer. What comes to waken it?
6.
In lines 53-54,
the poet has “(fallen) upon the thorns of life ….”
He wishes he could be free of life’s burdens. Quote how he
phrases his desire to escape the “thorns of life” in
these lines.
7.
In lines
55-56, the poet says he used to have strength like the west wind, but
now how does he describe himself?
8.
The last line of the poem is often quoted. What do you understand the
line to mean— other than that one season follows another?
Answer the following questions:
1. What season of the year is presented in the poem?
2. What will happen to the dormant seeds once the west wind’s sister blows her clarion?
3. What will happen as all the clouds are gathered by the wind? In line 23
4. Throughout stanza II, the poet describes the approaching storm and its elements that the west wind will bring. Describe the storm in your own words.
5. The blue Mediterranean lies calm all summer. What comes to waken it?
6. In lines 53-54, the poet has “(fallen) upon the thorns of life ….” He wishes he could be free of life’s burdens. Quote how he phrases his desire to escape the “thorns of life” in these lines.
7. In lines 55-56, the poet says he used to have strength like the west wind, but now how does he describe himself?
8. The last line of the poem is often quoted. What do you understand the line to mean— other than that one season follows another?
1.
The season of the year presented in the poem is autumn.
2.
When the west wind’s azure sister of the spring blows, the
dormant seeds will start sprouting.
3.
A storm will come as all the clouds are gathered by the wind.
4.
The clouds look like they are being shaken out of a celestial tree.
They bring rain and lightning, and are spread all over the sky. They
resemble the open locks of hair of a follower of the god Bacchus. The
stormy sky resembles a grave, where the year which is ending is
buried. This death is heralded by black rain, fiery lightning and
hail.
5.
The blue Mediterranean lies calm all summer. The west wind comes to
waken it.
6.
To escape the thorns of life the poet wishes—“Oh, lift me
as a wave, a leaf, a cloud!”
7.
The poet describes himself by saying that time has bound him in
chains and pulled him down.
8.
The line means that after a wintry time of misfortune, the spring of
good fortune and happiness comes.
1. The season of the year presented in the poem is autumn.
2. When the west wind’s azure sister of the spring blows, the dormant seeds will start sprouting.
3. A storm will come as all the clouds are gathered by the wind.
4. The clouds look like they are being shaken out of a celestial tree. They bring rain and lightning, and are spread all over the sky. They resemble the open locks of hair of a follower of the god Bacchus. The stormy sky resembles a grave, where the year which is ending is buried. This death is heralded by black rain, fiery lightning and hail.
5. The blue Mediterranean lies calm all summer. The west wind comes to waken it.
6. To escape the thorns of life the poet wishes—“Oh, lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud!”
7. The poet describes himself by saying that time has bound him in chains and pulled him down.
8. The line means that after a wintry time of misfortune, the spring of good fortune and happiness comes.
