Given below are some characteristics of an ode. How does ‘Ode to The West Wind, reveal these characteristics?

(a) An ode is an elaborately structured lyric poem praising and glorifying an individual, commemorating an event, or describing nature intellectually rather than emotionally. Odes originally were songs performed to the accompaniment of a musical instrument.

(b) Consult an encyclopaedia or surf the net and complete the table given below.

Poet

Some famous odes

1. Thomas Gray

(a)

2. John Keats

(b) Ode To Autumn

(c)

(d)

3. William Wordsworth

(e)

4. Percy Bysshe Shelley

(f) __

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Solution

(a)

The poem is an ode glorifying the west wind which has been personified as a powerful spirit. The poem can be read as a glorification of nature and its vital role in life and death. It should be noted that the poet presents the west wind not as a mystical phenomenon, but as an essentially tangible force in nature with which he can identify. The rhyme scheme of the poem (‘ABA, ABA, ABA, ABA, AA’) gives it a lyrical quality.

(b)

Poet

Some famous odes

1. Thomas Gray

(a) Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat

2. John Keats

(b) Ode To Autumn

(c) Ode to a Nightingale

(d) Ode on a Grecian Urn

3. William Wordsworth

(e) Ode: Intimations of Immortality

4. Percy Bysshe Shelley

(f) Hymn to Intellectual Beauty

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Poet	Some famous odes
1. Thomas Gray	(a) __________________________
2. John Keats	(b) Ode To Autumn (c) __________________________ (d) __________________________
3. William Wordsworth	(e) __________________________
4. Percy Bysshe Shelley	(f) __________________________

Poet	Some famous odes
1. Thomas Gray	(a) Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat
2. John Keats	(b) Ode To Autumn (c) Ode to a Nightingale (d) Ode on a Grecian Urn
3. William Wordsworth	(e) Ode: Intimations of Immortality
4. Percy Bysshe Shelley	(f) Hymn to Intellectual Beauty