Percy Bysshe Shelley is a very influential Romantic poet, part of what is the second generation of Romantic poets, the "young hells". He is ranked with Lord Byron and John Keats, who were also important poets in their time. Shelley, like his two other comrades, died very young, because they lived fast and hard. He died in a boating accident when he was 29 years old. Shelley had some notable poems, such as Ozymandias, Ode to the West Wind and To a Skylark. As a Romantic poet, Shelley often used nature connected to the spirit, and did so using examples of personification in his poems Ode to the West Wind and To a Skylark. In Section IV of Ode to the West Wind, Shelley uses three similes to nature to connect to the wind. “If I were a dead leaf, you could carry it; If I were a cloud swift to fly with you; A wave to gasp under your power.” Shelley here expresses how he wishes to join the West Wind; by making him carry it, when he is a leaf, to fly with it, like a cloud, and move like a wave, under its great power. His spirit is with Nature, and by giving these examples of what he wishes to do, we can see how deep that connection is. In Section V, Shelley's wishes to join the West Wind become more desperate, as he begs him to renew his spirit. , spreading it throughout the Universe. “Be, fierce Spirit, My Spirit! Be me, impetuous! Lead my dead thought upon the universe like withered leaves to hasten a new birth! “At the end of the song, he identifies with the inspiring force of the West Wind, saying that he is 'one too like you'” (Mooney) He wants to be more and more like the Wind, like when he says “Make me your lyre”. Connecting more with the West Wind, middle of paper......they did or didn't, this is shown through the artwork of that era.Works CitedMooney, Patrick. “Temporal Dislocations and Interpretive Visions in Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind.” » 2003. Temporal Dislocations and Interpretive Visions in Shelley's “Ode to the West Wind.” Np: np, 2003. N.pag. Temporal Dislocations and Interpretive Visions in Shelley’s “Odeto the West Wind.” Internet. March 24, 2014. Notari, Debbie, ed. Towards a Lark by Shelley: summary, theme and analysis. Educational portal, 2014. Web. March 24, 2014. Ode to the West Wind. Cummings Study Guide, 2014. Web. March 24, 2014. StudyMode, ed. Apostrophe & Personification: Poetic comparison. Study Mode, 2001.Web. March 24, 2014. Text, critical interpretation, summary and analysis of Shelley's to a Skylark.BlogSpot, October 27, 2008. Web. March 24. 2014.