ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -This ode introduced a new stanzaic form composed of five sonnets, each of which has four tercets (units of three lines each). The scheme is based on Italian terza rima, rhyming aba, bcb, cdc, and ded followed by a rhyming ee couplet.

Detailed explanation-2: -"Ode to the West Wind” consists of five sections (cantos) written in terza rima. Each section consists of four tercets (ABA, BCB, CDC, DED) and a rhyming couplet (EE). The ode is written in iambic pentameter.

Detailed explanation-3: -“Ode to the West Wind” consists of five parts with five stanzas in each part. The first four stanzas in each part are tercets (have three lines) while the last one is a couplet (has only two lines).

Detailed explanation-4: -Stanza One Thou on whose stream, ‘mid the steep sky’s commotion, Loose clouds like Earth’s decaying leaves are shed, Shook from the tangled boughs of Heaven and Ocean, Again, the speaker addresses the wind as a person, calling it the one who will “loose clouds” and shake the leaves of the “boughs of Heaven and Ocean”.

Detailed explanation-5: -The poem begins with the poet appealing to the wild west wind of autumn. He notices how the wind is scattering the dead leaves and spreading the seeds. This will result in their nurturing in the season of Spring. Thus, the poet labels the wind as a destroyer as well as a preserver.