Question

Which literary technique does Shelley employ by addressing the West Wind at the beginning and throughout the ode?

Answer 1

Shelley wanted the wind to _____. Select all that apply.

scatter his words

make him into a lyre

Shelley wanted to use the Aeolian harp as _____. Select all that apply.

a symbol of the harmony between the mind and an object

if the poet were the harp and the poem the chord struck

A terza rima poem is typically comprised of

tercets

is a literary device that continues a thought or sentence to the next line without pause.

enjambment

This line is a good example of

A METAPHOR

Which is the correct rhyme pattern in Shelley's ode?

aba/bcb/cdc/ded/ee

Answer 2

The answer is apostrophe. "Ode to the West Wind" poem, written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1819, published in 1820. In order to address the west wind directly shelly used apostrophe in “Ode to the West Wind”. In this poem Shelly addressed the west wind directly and calling it “thu” which is an example of apostrophe.