《西风颂》系英国著名浪漫主义诗人雪莱的名作,写于1819年。当时诗人正浪迹于意大利的佛罗伦萨附近的亚诺河畔,忽见西风乍起,有感而发,遂成千古绝唱。该诗由五章构成,每章是一首十四行诗,这是一种比较特别的十四行诗,叫三韵体(tersa rima),由四组三行诗(tersets)和结尾一组两行诗构成,韵式是aba bcb cdc ded ee,此种韵式的特点是环环相扣,藕断丝连,回响不绝。意大利著名诗人但丁特别擅长这种诗体。雪莱在意大利用这种体写诗,也有对但丁表示敬意的意思。仔细审视原 “Ode to the West Wind,” a famous British romantic poet Shelley’s masterpiece, written in 1819. At that time, the poet was wandering the Arno River near Florence, Italy. The poem is composed of five chapters, each chapter is a sonnet, a rather special sonnet called the tersa rima consisting of four sets of tersets and ending Group composed of two lines of poetry, rhyme is aba bcb cdc ded ee, this type of rhythm is characterized by interlocking, lotus silky, echo. The famous Italian poet Dante is particularly good at this style of poetry. Shelley in Italy with this body writing poetry, but also to Dante to pay tribute to the meaning. Carefully examine the original