This poem's speaker begs to "drive my dead thoughts over the universe /
This poem's third stanza discusses how the "blue Mediterranean...saw in sleep old palaces and towers" before the ocean was awakened from "his summer dreams," while this poem's first stanza describes "winged seeds" that lie "like a corpse within its grave." This poem's speaker begs to "drive my dead thoughts over the universe / Like withered leaves, to quicken a new birth" after calling the title entity variously "Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere," the "trumpet of prophecy," and the "breath of Autumn's being." For 10 points, name this poem that ends by asking, "If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" written by Percy Shelley.
This poem's third stanza discusses how the "blue Mediterranean...saw in sleep old palaces and towers" before the ocean was awakened from "his summer dreams," while this poem's first stanza describes "winged seeds" that lie "like a corpse within its grave."
“Ode {to the West Wind}”