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    The document provides definitions for 10 words used in a poem: dark, cold, plain, hail, breath, blue, bright, heavy, dead, and wild. It also includes sample questions about the poem and answers that analyze themes of autumn, spring, figures of speech, how the leaves and clouds are affected by the wind, and why the West Wind can be seen as both a destroyer and preserver. The final question asks if the poem could be interpreted as man's expression of his desire to escape from society, and provides an affirmative response that poetry allows one to express emotions and find calmness.

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    Chrizza May A.

    Sabarre Meth 5

    BSED – II/III Social Studies Mrs. Brady

    Give two meanings to each following words used in poem.

    1. Dark
     Darkness - the absence of light in a place
     (Of a period of time or situation) characterized by tragedy, unhappiness, or
    unpleasantness.
    2. Cold
     A low temperature, especially in the atmosphere; cold weather; a cold
    environment.
     Not showing any expression, emotions, kindness and unfriendly.
    3. Plain
     Simple or ordinary in character.
     (Of a person) having no pretensions; not remarkable or special.
    4. Hail
     Pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds
     Used to express acclamation or salutation. Expressing greeting or a shout/call to
    attract attention.
    5. Breath
     The air that you take into and let out of your lungs.
     The scent or smell of the air that you let out from your lungs.
    6. Blue
     A color intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or sea on a sunny day
     A positive emotional response and is typically associated with the feeling of
    calmness, peace, happiness, relaxation, comfort. ... According to the color theory,
    writers and poets use Blue to depict trust, loyalty, wisdom, faith, confidence, truth
    and heaven.
    7. Bright
     A radiating or reflecting light
     (Of a Person) A happiness, good mood and mentally quick or witty
    8. Heavy
     Is of great weight, amount, force, quantity or size.
     (Of a person) The burden and the weight of responsibility
    9. Dead
     (Of a Person) Someone who died? Someone who can’t be by your side anymore
    and could only exist in your memories.
     (Of a place or time) characterized by a lack of activity or excitement.
    10. Wild
     (Of an animal or plant) living or growing in the natural environment; not
    domesticated or cultivated.
     (Of a Person) Lacking discipline and restraint.

    Answer the ff. Questions

    1. What lines includes images that are related to autumn?


    a) O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being
    b) O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being
    c) If I were a dead leaf thou mightest bear
    d) What if my leaves are falling like its own
    e) Like wither'd leaves to quicken a new birth
    2. What lines convey the meaning of spring and rebirth?
    a) Thine azure sister of the Spring shall blow
    b) All overgrown with azure moss and flowers
    c) Like the bright hair uplifted from the head
    d) .
    e) .
    3. What lines use figure of speech and identify them?
    a) Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing
    b) Each like a corpse within its grave”; “Loose clouds like earth’s decaying leaves
    are shed
    c) dark wintery bed
    d) yellow, and black and pale and hectic red
    e) Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth Ashes and sparks
    4. How are the leaves and clouds affected by the wind?
     In Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind," the wind is an agent of change, a "wild
    spirit," both "destroyer and preserver." When Shelley writes that the leaves from
    the wind "Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing, / Yellow, and black,
    and pale, and hectic red, / Pestilence-stricken multitudes," he means, of course,
    that the wind blows the dead leaves before it, but his language invests this simple
    action with a kind of dread.

    5. Why is the West Wind considered both a destroyer and preserver?

     Shelley calls the West Wind a destroyer because it strips all the leaves off the
    trees, tumbles them helter-skelter and piles them up all over the landscape. It is
    essential to dispersing them. But it also blows the seeds that will be sprouting
    when the weather turns warm again. And these seeds are scattered among the
    dead leaves as well as buried under them for protection. As the leaves decay they
    will provide compost to fertilize the seeds in the spring. The West Wind carries
    the winged seeds to their "dark wintry bed" where they are safe until "Thine azure
    sister of the Spring shall blow..." That is why the West Wind is both a destroyer
    and preserver--a destroyer of the old and preserver of the new.

    6. Which ideas, other than death and rebirth, could you infer from the poem?
     MAN AND THE NATURAL WORLD - In "Ode to the West Wind," Nature is
    grander and more powerful than man can hope to be. The natural world is
    especially powerful because it contains elements like the West Wind and the
    Spring Wind, which can travel invisibly across the globe, affecting every cloud,
    leaf, and wave as they go. Man may be able to increase his status by allowing
    Nature to channel itself through him.

     TRANSFORMATION - The speaker of "Ode to the West Wind" feels himself


    waning and decaying, he begs the wind to use him as an instrument, inhabit him,
    distribute his ideas, or prophesy through his mouth. He hopes to transform himself
    by uniting his own spirit with the larger "Spirit" of the West Wind and of Nature
    itself.

     LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION - At the end of "Ode to the West Wind,"


    the speaker betrays his deepest concern: the fate of his ideas. He hopes that his
    words and thoughts will be spread throughout the world. He’s not sure of the
    quality of his thinking, but at least it can provide a starting point for other
    thinkers.

    Answer the question “Could the poem be interrupted as man’s expression of his desire to escape
    from society?” Present your affirmative and negative responses to it through a discussion web.

     Yes, because poem is a way of expressing your emotions and you’ll feel clam and at ease
    whenever you are writing or reading a poem.

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