m the tangled boughs of Heaven and Ocean,” is a form of kinetic imagery that describes the motion of the wind and its power to shake down rain from the sky.In the third stanza, Shelley describes the spirit of the wind and its effects on the sea. “While far below The sea-blooms and the oozy woods which wear The sapless foliage of the ocean,” is a line used in this stanza that portrays colors of the sea. This is a form of visual imagery. “Know thy voice, and suddenly grow grey with fear, And tremble and despoil themselves: O hear,” is an example of auditory imagery describing the effect of the wind blowing mercilessly on the sea. “For whose path the Atlantic’s level powers Cleave themselves into chasms,” is a powerful use of kinetic imagery allowing the reader to imagine the tremendous strength of the wind and the force it has to produce huge, powerful waves that come crashing down with great force. In Shelley’s forth stanza he has a desire to merge, or become one with the west wind. He wants only for the west wind to have more power and freedom than himself. “If I were a dead leaf thou mightest bear, If I were a swift cloud to fly with thee,” is a beautiful way that he uses visual imagery to describe himself as an object that could travel about with the west wind with all the freedom in the world. In “A wave to pant beneath thy power,” Shelley uses auditory imagery to make his readers hear the strength and feel that they are one with the wind. Shelley uses kinetic imagery in “Oh! Lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud! I fall upon the thorns of life!” This line describes how the poet wants to be physical lifted up to fly and become one with the powerful west wind.In the final stanza Shelley has the desire to be the harp of the wind. He wants to be the music and sound the wind makes as it blows through the trees. “What if my leaves are f...
