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1、Shelley'sOdetotheWestWindandIfsInfluenceontheFollowingAmericanWriters—TakingEmersonasExampleAbstract:ManyresearcheshavebeendoneonShelley'sOdetotheWestWind.However,thereisnoorlittleworkswhichisfocusonhispoem'sinfluenceonAmericanwriters.Inthispaper,hispoemwillbeanalyzedandthepoenfsinfluenceonthefol
2、lowingAmericanwriterswillbeanalyzed・ThenthispaperwillapplytheinfluenceofitintoEmerson,whowasthetranscendentalistleader.Keywords:Shelley,OdetotheWestWind,influence,Americanwriters,EmersonIntroduction:ThehistoryofEnglishpoetrystretchesfromthemiddleofthe7thcenturytothepresentday.Overthisperiod,Engli
3、shpoetshavewrittensomeofthemostenduringpoemsinWesternculture,andthelanguageanditspoetryhavespreadaroundtheglobe.Consequently,thetermEnglishpoetryisunavoidablyambiguous-ItcanmeanpoetrywritteninEngland,orpoetrywrittenintheEnglishlanguage.PercyByssheShelleywasoneofthemajorEnglishRomanticpoetsandiscr
4、iticallyregardedamongthefinestlyricpoetsintheEnglishlanguage.HeismostfamousforsuchclassicanthologyverseworksasOdetotheWestWind.ToaSkylark.andTheMasqueofAnarchy,whichareamongthemostpopularandcriticallyacclaimedpoemsintheEnglishlanguage.Hismajorworks,however,arelongvisionarypoemswhichincludedPromet
5、heusUnbound.TheRevoltofIslam,andtheunfinishedTheTriumphofLife.PrometheusUnbound(1820)wasdramaticplayinfouracts.HealsowrotetheGothicnovelslikeSt.IrvyneandtheshortworksTheAssassinsandTheColiseum・Shelley'sunconventionallifeanduncompromisingidealism,combinedwithhisstrongdisapprovingvoice,madehimamuch
6、-denigratedfigureduringhislifeandafterward.Hebecameanidolofthenexttwoorthreeorevenfourgenerationsofpoets,includingtheimportantVictorianandPre-RaphaelitepoetslikeRobertBrowning,AlfredLordTennysonandsoon.Ingeneralparlance,"idealism”or"idealist”isalsousedtodescribeapersonhavinghighideals,sometimeswi
7、ththeconnotationthatthoseidealsareunrealizableoratoddswith"practical”life.ThewordnidealHiscommonlyusedasanadjectivetodesignatequalitiesofperfection,desirability,andexcellence・OdetotheWestWindisShelley'smostfamouslyricp
