Ode to the West Wind
...ughts and ideas spread. Where he says, “Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth,” I think that he means that even though his body has expired, his thoughts still can live on. It will be like a rebirth of him but only in thought. There are a few other things that lead me to believe that this section is about a sort of rebirth. Another thing that I noticed that deals with rebirth is since he is speaking of a forest where leaves are falling, I think of the seasons changing. True, it is the end of a season, but it also leads to the beginning of a new season. Then, where he speaks of the “withered leaves,” and “a new birth,” I think of how decaying leaves on the ground help the soil. Also, when he states, “Ashe...